George A. Romero
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.
I can't really make fun of zombies. They're not liars. They're not cheats.
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.
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.
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.
I've only actually done one studio film. I want to be left alone.
I'm telling you, man, after I did 'Land of the Dead,' which Mark Canton produced, Universal picked it up, and I had to use stars. I didn't think I needed stars - Dennis Hopper was in it. I loved him. We hung out. I loved him, but his cigar budget was more than we paid for the entire budget of 'Night of the Living Dead.'
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.
I wanted 'Night of the Living Dead' to look naturalistic, but we weren't able to do it because we were shooting with a blimped 35mm camera, which is automatically static.
I've always felt that the real horror is next door to us, that the scariest monsters are our neighbors.Collection: Real
When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth.Collection: Scary
As a filmmaker, I love the medium. I have a great affection for it and I've been lucky enough to do all different kinds of films. The greatest part of the success I've had comes from horror. I love the idea of mixing humor and horror and to me, it's all a giggle.Collection: Ideas
I think zombies would fit in anywhere. You can tell any story, and put zombies in it. I don't know how I'd find the backing, but I think it'd be great to make a zombie gangster movie.Collection: Thinking
My stuff is my stuff. I do it for my own reasons, using my own peculiar set of guidelines. I'm not a student of the genre. I don't care what anybody else does.Collection: Doe
Nothings ever real until its real.Collection: Real
Zombies are the real lower-class citizens of the monster world and that's why l like them.Collection: Real
Just because I'm showing somebody being disemboweled doesn't mean that I have to get heavy and put a message behind it.Collection: Mean
I expect a zombie to show up on Sesame Street soon, teaching kids to count.Collection: Teaching
My opinion of a good zombie walk is to loll your head as if it's a little too heavy and the muscles have begun to atrophy.Collection: Zombie
My stuff is my stuff. Sometimes it's not as successful as some of the other stuff. But it's my stuff.Collection: Successful
It is amazing to me how deeply into the popular culture the creature has become. There are zombie walks in every major city. I live in Toronto, and last year 3,000 people came out dressed as zombies.... I do not get it. Maybe it's an easy costume: Splash some ketchup on and rip up your jeans -- although most people already have torn jeans -- and you're done.Collection: Rip
Hollywood doesn't trust me, and we don't really mix. When a movie has stars, everything in the budget goes up, even the catering costs. I just don't like the process of having Suits all around, so I prefer casting unknowns. It adds another level of tension - you don't quite know what to expect from them. My movies don't even need that much money.Collection: Trust Me
I've never been able to reuse characters, I've often wanted to. I've never been able to get people to cooperate. I can't get anyone together on any kind of deal.Collection: Character
The Thing from Another World' was the first movie that really scared me.Collection: World
I don't want a zombie society. I don't want to go that far.Collection: Zombie
Collaborate, don't dictate. Every department head has something to offer. Listen and gratefully accept their offerings. They're moviemakers, too.Collection: Offering
People called 28 Days and 28 Weeks zombie movies, and they're not! It's some sort of virus; they're not dead.Collection: People
Everybody knows the rules, even though some break those rules.Collection: Break
It would be very hard to write a serious drama and say some of these things. You can be much more abstract and allusive with horror, and it's very forgiving to the author. You don't necessarily have to take an absolutely positive position. You can just write whatever.Collection: Drama
You can fall on your face easily if you go off in a certain direction. The Birds is a good example, some people are really phobic about birds flying over their heads, and some don't care. So, it's a personal thing.Collection: Fall
I've gotten letters, but mostly from Bible-belt types who say, you must be Satan! They come right out and call me Satan and hope that I'm damned to hell.Collection: Bible
Zombies are the blue-collar monstersCollection: Blue