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A zombie film is not fun without a bunch of stupid people running around and observing how they fail to handle the situation.
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I'd love to make a film like 'Pan's Labyrinth.'
George A. Romero
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The horror films that I've made have been satirical in one way or another or political, and I really think that's the purpose of horror. I don't see that happening very often.
George A. Romero -
I have a soft spot in my heart for the zombies.
George A. Romero -
Nursery rhymes were political when they were first written! To me, that's what it's about: it's about using it to say something more than just what the story is.
George A. Romero -
I also have always liked the monster within idea. I like the zombies being us. Zombies are the blue-collar monsters.
George A. Romero -
I remember when John Cameron Swayze over the television told me personally that the Russians now had the atomic bomb; then I knew that we were goners.
George A. Romero -
I used to be able to pitch them on the basis of the zombie action, and I could hide the message inside that. Now, you can't. The moment you mention the word 'zombie,' it's got to be, 'Hey, Brad Pitt paid $400 million to do that.'
George A. Romero
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Comic books and radio were my escape. I even remember 3-D comic books where you put on the red-and-green glasses and Mighty Mouse would punch you in the face. It was the literature of the day for kids my age who were too bored with listening to 'Peter and the Wolf' on the record player.
George A. Romero -
I liked the '28 Days Later' films, but they're not zombies; they're not dead. They're not using it in the same way.
George A. Romero -
I guess my stuff needs to grow on people. Too bad! That seems to happen with all of it.
George A. Romero -
I grew up on EC comic books and 'Tales From the Crypt,' which were all loaded with humor, bad jokes, and puns. I can have that kind of fun and make these comic book movies but, at the same time, talk about things I want to talk about - whether it's consumerism or the Bush administration or war.
George A. Romero -
Most of my stuff was sort of of-the-time. 'The Crazies' was, basically, we were angry about Vietnam, and it had a reason for being.
George A. Romero -
I'm amazed. I go to these conventions, and the fans that come, sometimes my line goes all day.
George A. Romero
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Because of 'World War Z' and 'The Walking Dead,' I can't pitch a modest little zombie film which is meant to be sociopolitical.
George A. Romero -
With 'Dawn,' I wanted the slick look; I wanted to bring out the nature of the shopping center, the retail displays, the mannequins. There are times when maybe you reflect that the mannequins are more attractive but less real - less sympathetic, even - than the zombies. Put those kinds of images side by side, and you raise all sorts of questions.
George A. Romero -
Basically, I'm an EC comic book guy, man. You can show me anything that's high-spirited horror, and I'll be there giggling.
George A. Romero -
I always have CNN on. That's where I get my ideas.
George A. Romero -
As a filmmaker you get typecast just as much as an actor does, so I'm trapped in a genre that I love, but I'm trapped in it!
George A. Romero -
I go to conventions and universities and talk to young filmmakers and everybody's making a zombie movie! It's because it's easy to get the neighbors to come out, put some ketchup on them.
George A. Romero
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If one horror film hits, everyone says, 'Let's go make a horror film.' It's the genre that never dies.
George A. Romero -
I won't say I'm uncompromising, but I won't compromise just for the hell of it.
George A. Romero -
I grew up on DC Comics, moral tales where the bad guys got their comeuppance. To me the gory panels or grotesque stuff just made me chuckle.
George A. Romero -
What the Internet's value is that you have access to information but you also have access to every lunatic that's out there that wants to throw up a blog.
George A. Romero