George A. Romero

Director

1940-02-04

Quotes by 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.

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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.

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• I have a soft spot in my heart for the zombies.

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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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• When you're shooting super-low-budget - we had 20 days to shoot 'Diary,' and a little over $2 - time is money.

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• 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.

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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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• I won't say I'm uncompromising, but I won't compromise just for the hell of it.

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

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• The main thing people took from 'Night of the Living Dead' was that it was a racial statement movie, and that was completely unintended.

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• I'm more alarmed by people reacting violently to the violence in my films than I am by the violence in films.

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• If I go to a movie and it's particularly violent, and people are leaving the theatre ready to vomit, we're sitting there with our popcorn just chuckling.

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• One thing about a film production is that it must run efficiently; there is no room for dead wood. So somebody that hangs around by the coffee wagon won't get hired again, but somebody who is dedicated and works hard and really puts out will get noticed by the people that matter around there and will get asked to come back again.

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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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• I've seen so many young filmmakers - even professional filmmakers who get a Hollywood deal - they don't quite know where to begin, where to end, and they'll waste a lot of time making this perfect shot, an establishing shot, and then there's no time left to shoot the dialogue.

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• The zombie was just an intriguing character; it is a sympathetic character.

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

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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 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.

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• 'Day of the Dead' remains my favourite zombie film of mine.

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