Quotes by George A. Romero

About George A. Romero:

George Andrew Romero is an American-Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter and editor, best known for his series of gruesome and satirical horror films about a hypothetical zombie apocalypse, beginning with Night of the Living Dead (1968).
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When I was old enough to go to movies alone, I got to see 'Frankenstein' and 'Dracula' on the big screen. I just fell in love with them.

George A. Romero

I really liked the helicopter pilot in 'Dawn of the Dead', when he gets bitten and comes out of the elevator. That guy was amazing. He did this incredible walk that we didn't even know about until we started shooting.

George A. Romero

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

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.

George A. Romero

On the other side of that coin, and far outweighing it, is the fact that I've been able to use genre of Fantasy/Horror and express my opinion, talk a little about society, do a little bit of satire and that's been great, man. A lot of people don't ha...

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

I like guys who are understandable and good guys who are flawed.

George A. Romero

For a Catholic kid in parochial school, the only way to survive the beatings - by classmates, not the nuns - was to be the funny guy.

George A. Romero

I sympathize with the zombies and am not even sure they are villains. To me they are this earth-changing thing. God or the devil changed the rules, and dead people are not staying dead.

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

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.

George A. Romero

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 thought Godzilla was a mess, the monster had no character and the humans didn't either. They forgot to make the movie that went along with all these wonderful effects.

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 always thought of the zombies as being about revolution, one generation consuming the next.

George A. Romero

I'll never get sick of zombies. I just get sick of producers.

George A. Romero

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.

George A. Romero

Nothing's ever real until it's real.

George A. Romero

I expect a zombie to show up on 'Sesame Street' soon, teaching kids to count.

George A. Romero

I keep a little notebook of things that I can do to the zombies that might be silly and fun.

George A. Romero

Author Bio

  • NameGeorge A. Romero
  • DescriptionAmerican-Canadian film director, film producer, screenwriter and editor
  • AliasesGeorge Andrew Romero
  • BornFebruary 4, 1940
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Film Producer; Screenwriter; Film Editor; Actor