There's a depth to the nightmare, to the symbolism you can exploit, on an intellectual level, on a sexual level, on a primal, violent level, and I think all of those things together are just great. They're the spice and ingredients in the menu of the horror movie, and I think that's why we'll be around for a long time.

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.

People forget that we are character actors and we can do other things.

Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. But there is always a time and a place for the subsets within genres.

Most of my nightmares involve me forgetting my lines in a stage play.

Yeah, snakes. They're my fear factor.

You have to get your hands dirty. You've got to really deliver the goods, and when you do, you can get something really special.