When you're an actor and you can set your arm on fire, you feel kind of magical.

People actually were worried that I was going to get stereotyped as a monster after Freddy, but my God, I got stereotyped as white trash for years, the best friend for years, the redneck for years, the nerd for years and let me tell you...it's better to be a monster than to be a nerd.

Horror has been very good to me in my career. Doing horror films is for the fans and helps keep that part of my career alive.

Arguably, the Venice Film Festival is the second best film festival in the world, after Cannes.

If you don't invest in the characters, you don't care if they get killed. It's more fun if you know them.

The last time we had Freddy in reality was part two and Freddy sort of went out on his own.

I make a star's salary when I do horror, because I can still open a movie in Italy or Spain or Germany.