I'm getting older now, and though I still surf well, it's hard for me to paddle in big surf.

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

A lot of guys like to go to the beach and bring a crowd, but not me. I like to be alone and out there with a couple of pelicans.

I get a lot of teenagers going, 'Yo, Krueger,' and honking their horn and giving me the claw. Yeah, I'm recognized.

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

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.

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

The modern horror audience is wise to our tricks this lets it in on the gag.

I think superheroes today are like whistle blowers.

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

That old rock and roll song, "looking for love in all the wrong places," it's true.

Work is the greatest thing in the world. So we should save some of it for tomorrow.

All great people had critics but they still believe in the beauty of their dreams, fully persuaded to stay focused and determined for the realisationof their dreams.

Isn't a kid alive who doesn't dream about rewarding her folks, or punishing them.

Always chew on your pretzels before you swallow.

Nobody changes. Nobody gets hurt.

For every answer, I like to bring up a question. Maybe I'm related to Alfred Hitchcock or maybe I got to know him too well, but I think life should be that way.

Each generation has to stand up for democracy. It can't take anything for granted and may have to fight fundamental battles anew.

I was sick of playing high-school kids. I liked being a teenager, but I would not go back for all the tea in China.

Story is a sacred visualization, a way of echoing experience.

No man should ever publish a book until he has first read it to a woman.