Explore Quotes by George A. Romero

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.

In 2007, 'Diary of the Dead' all of a sudden made money. I was blindsided by that.

My film collection is all oldies.

You can get an audience no matter what your opinion is.

Nursery rhymes were political when they were first written! To me, that's what it's about: it's about using it to say something more than just what the story is.

I didn't much care for the 'Dawn' remake. It was a well-made action movie but really wasn't anything like my 'Dawn Of The Dead.'

My zombie films were all sort of satirical, with political messages. So I was doing them inexpensively and quietly off in left field somewhere.

I want 'Dawn' to play like a cowboys and Indians movie.

Some directors work from day to day. I work from moment to moment.

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.

There are very few horror films that I think are worth their salt.

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

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.

I love a couple of Fulci things. I just had a gas watching them. It's not what I would do, but I loved watching them. They were fun.

I grew up on DC Comics, moral tales where the bad guys got their comeuppance. To me the gory panels or grotesque stuff just made me chuckle.

I used to be able to pitch them on the basis of the zombie action, and I could hide the message inside that. Now, you can't. The moment you mention the word 'zombie,' it's got to be, 'Hey, Brad Pitt paid $400 million to do that.'

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 have that platform.

Ever since 'Lassie' and 'Old Yeller', I won't watch animal movies. Animals in movies always die.

Is Michael Moore an honest documentarian? Honestly? I don't think he is... The real discussion gets left behind the entertainment value.

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.

There aren't that many monsters. It's very hard to create a new monster.