George A. Romero Quotes
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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.
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I'm amazed. I go to these conventions, and the fans that come, sometimes my line goes all day.
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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.
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I expect a zombie to show up on 'Sesame Street' soon, teaching kids to count.
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If I fail, the film industry writes me off as another statistic. If I succeed, they pay me a million bucks to fly out to Hollywood and fart.
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I won't say I'm uncompromising, but I won't compromise just for the hell of it.
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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.
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Zombies are always moving fast in video games. It makes sense if you think about it. Those games are all about hand-eye coordination and how quickly can you get them before they get you.
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I have a very quiet life. There's nothing weird.
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I'm a Turner Classic Movies guy. That's it. I'd much rather sit here and watch an oldie than anything new.
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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!
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Horror will always be there, it always comes back, it's a familiar genre that some people, not everyone - it's sort of the cinema anchovies. You either like it or you don't.
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When we made 'Night of the Living Dead,' we got riddled. There was this famous article Roger Ebert wrote just blasting the film because he had gone to see it at some screening where there were all these kids in the audience. I don't know why that happened. We didn't make the movie for kids.
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Pittsburgh, for a while, became a production centre. There was one $400 million year. Hollywood was bringing productions in there. Films like 'The Silence of the Lambs' and 'Innocent Blood.' So my guys, the guys I worked with, were able to have careers and live at home. But then it dried up, and a lot of my friends left.
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For me, tribalism and religion are basically the big reasons we're in trouble. Patriotism, tribalism, and religion.
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The only advice you can give is, 'Don't let the bad stuff keep you down.'
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Zombies cannot run.
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With CG, I can do more and be sillier. In 'Diary,' there's a scene where they hit a guy with acid, and the camera is never off him, and you see it gradually eat through his skull and get all the way through his brain. That's fun, too.
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People called '28 Days' and '28 Weeks' zombie movies, and they're not! It's some sort of virus; they're not dead.
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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.
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As great as Ed is, the wisdom out here is that he can't carry a movie. They'll pay him $3 million to be the second banana in Julia Roberts things. But they won't put up $3 million for an Ed Harris movie.
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The guy that made me wanna make movies... and this is off the wall-is a guy named Michael Pal, the British director.
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The most realistic blood I've seen is when Marlon Brando gets beat up in On The Waterfront.
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Is Michael Moore an honest documentarian? Honestly? I don't think he is... The real discussion gets left behind the entertainment value.