I’m a Turner Classic Movies guy. That’s it. I’d much rather sit here and watch an oldie than anything new. George A. Romero Read Quote
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 Read Quote
The only advice you can give is, ‘Don’t let the bad stuff keep you down.’ George A. Romero Read Quote
Back then, in 1968, everything was suspect – family, government, and obviously the family unit in ‘Night of the Living Dead’ completely collapses. That’s what we were focused on. George A. Romero Read Quote
Night of the Living Dead,’ then ‘Dawn of the Dead’ is a few weeks later, ‘Day of the Dead’ months later, and ‘Land of the Dead’ is three years later. Each one spoke about a different decade and was stylistically different. George A. Romero Read Quote
Horror films are the anchovies of the cinema. Either you like them, or you don’t. George A. Romero Read Quote
I’ve never had a zombie eat a brain! I don’t know where that comes from. Who says zombies eat brains? George A. Romero Read Quote
To me, the zombies have always just been zombies. They’ve always been a cigar. When I first made ‘Night of the Living Dead,’ it got analyzed and overanalyzed way out of proportion. The zombies were written about as if they represented Nixon’s Silent Majority or whatever. But I never thought about it that way. George A. Romero Read Quote
I go to these horror conventions all the time, and these audiences get so deep into it. They’ve pulled apart every movie fifty ways from Sunday. George A. Romero Read Quote
When I was growing up, I actually went through, in New York City, blackouts when we had to close the windows and worry about air raids. I don’t know whether or not those were realistic worries or not, but as a kid, when we all had to run around pulling down the drapes and turning the lights off; it was a very frightening experience. George A. Romero Read Quote
