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" Johnny Depp was the most polite young actor I've ever worked with. "

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" Halloween starts earlier and earlier, just like Christmas. "

" I have very liberal parents. People forget that Fidel Castro was on the cover of 'Time' magazine, and the one that I remember the most - it's not necessarily my favorite - was when they dressed me as Castro when I was eight years old. I was in fatigues, camouflage hat, beard and cigar. I don't think I did that well with candy that year. "

" I wouldn't want the pressure of a Six Feet Under or the pressure of improvising like Curb Your Enthusiasm. "

" Sometimes jobs are jobs, and when you guest star on television, you're also working with a guest director. You're the new kid on the block, because everyone else is already in the ensemble. "

" Fear has been good to yours truly. "

" I always wanted to play a monster, and I also wanted to work with Wes Craven. "

" I just finished my 62nd or my 63rd movie here, and you know, I do good ones, I do bad ones, I do big parts, I do small parts, I do cameos - but I've allowed myself a pat on the back, because I realized that I've been working in Hollywood now since 1973. "

" While I still do a lot of horror, it doesn't feel to me like I'm repeating myself. I like to stay interested. I'm kind of turning into one of those elder statesmen, like a Vincent Price or a Donald Pleasence. I like to think of myself alongside those guys. "

" I'm a big fan of Brian De Palma's 'Sisters,' and I also love 'Let The Right One In.' "

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

" I've done 'Two Gentlemen of Verona,' I've understudied Iago in 'Othello.' I've done Mercutio in 'Romeo and Juliet.' "

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" The roughest make-up I ever wore was for 'Phantom of the Opera' because the phantom's face was all disfigured, and he's trying to pass in public so he can attend his beloved opera. That was make-up over make-up. "

" I was on the cusp - or thought I was on the cusp - of celebrity, the result of starring as an adorable curly-haired alien in the miniseries 'V' on NBC. 'V' was a hit, and then got green-lit as a series. During the hiatus, the only job I auditioned for that fit my schedule was 'Nightmare on Elm Street.' That's the real reason I said yes. "

" The technologies of convenience are making our sphere of exploration and experience smaller. "

" I have an Italian comedy at the Venice Film Festival. "

" When I was a boy, I read a terrible article in a big weekly American magazine called the 'Saturday Evening Post.' In the middle of this family magazine on my parent's coffee table was an article about this family that was camping, and they were all mauled by a grizzly bear in their sleeping bags. "

" As a jobbing actor, you can't afford to be choosy; if you're typed, you're generally working. I still feel that way, and the thing is, even within the horror genre, I now get to play all kinds of different roles. "

" It's real simple - we all have nightmares, and the idea you can be in real jeopardy in them is a great gimmick. It's universal. "

" There'll always be movies that are meant for the big screen, and they should be seen that way. "

" I'm an actor. Actors are supposed to act. "

" Kids today don't watch a black and white movie. "

" I always get inspiration from whatever characters say about my character. "

" I have friends that are much better actors than I am that had to quit the business because they couldn't survive the auditions or the rejections, or people just didn't realize how good they were. "

" I think superheroes today are like whistle blowers. "

" Many great horror stories are period pieces and English actors have a facility for historic characters. "

" We all have to change with the times... it keeps you younger; it's a new challenge. "

" I'm scared by the enormous amount of bottled water being consumed today, instead of people drinking filtered tap water. Did you know that nearly 90 percent of those plastic bottles are not recycled and wind up in landfills where it takes thousands of years for the plastic to decompose? "

" I'm basically a movie actor now, and my big roles are mostly horror movies - unless I'm doing a guest star or something - and occasionally I try to get back into television. "

" Some actors get by with behaving, not acting. You've got to sell the effect. I act more in the 'Nightmare' movies because it's not like me. I'm acting, not reacting. "

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