George A. Romero Quotes

United States, Film Maker
February 4, 1940 – July, 16, 2017.

George Andrew Romero (February 4, 1940 – July 16, 2017) was an American-Canadian filmmaker, writer and editor. He is best known for his series of gruesome and satirical horror films about an imagined zombie apocalypse, beginning with Night of the Living Dead (1968). Other films in the series include Dawn of the Dead (1978) and Day of the Dead (1985). Aside from this series, his works include The Crazies (1973), Martin (1978), Creepshow (1982), Monkey Shines (1988), The Dark Half (1993) and Bruiser (2000).

Also known as Writer, Editor

I don't think you need to spend $40 million to be creepy. The best horror films are the ones that are much less endowed.

George A. Romero
- Creepy
The 'Dead' films allow me to talk about things that a drama, say, won't. 'Dawn Of The Dead,' which was set in a shopping mall, is on one level about consumerism; 'Land Of The Dead' is a response to Bush.

George A. Romero
- Drama
- Shopping

'Martin' is my favorite film of mine and 'Knightriders' a close second.

George A. Romero
The very fact that you thought of it means that, somewhere in your mind, it's believable to you. All you have to do is convince your audience that it's possible.

George A. Romero
- Mind
I expect a zombie to show up on 'Sesame Street' soon, teaching kids to count.

George A. Romero
- Up
- Kids
My films, I've tried to put a message into them. It's not about the gore; it's not about the horror element that are in them. It's more about the message, for me. That's what it is, and I'm using this platform to be able to show my feelings of what I think.

George A. Romero
Horror films are the anchovies of the cinema. Either you like them, or you don't.

George A. Romero
There are so many factors when you think of your own films. You think of the people you worked on it with, and somehow forget the movie. You can't forgive the movie for a long time. It takes a few years to look at it with any objectivity and forgive its flaws.

George A. Romero
- People
- Time
- Long

I saw 'Dracula,' 'Frankenstein,' 'The Wolf Man,' 'The Invisible Man.' I saw all those guys on the big screen at RKO in the Bronx. I just always loved that stuff. I loved other stuff, too. That's the thing. That wasn't all I wanted to be.

George A. Romero
- Wolf
I vote in the Academy, so I get all the screeners. I'm so often disappointed by all the material and especially by what wins. I find myself never voting for the winner.

George A. Romero
The two great things about computer CG stuff are I can now do gags I would never have dreamed of in the old day.

George A. Romero
- Great
After 'Land,' I wanted to do something about emerging media and citizen journalism, so I got this idea for 'Diary of the Dead.'

George A. Romero
Anybody who tunes into Rush Limabaugh already knows what he's going to say and is already inclined to agree. So it winds up creating tribes.

George A. Romero
- Up