I remember when John Cameron Swayze over the television told me personally that the Russians now had the atomic bomb; then I knew that we were goners. George A. Romero Read Quote
Zombies are my ticket to ride! It’s how I get a deal! I don’t care what they are. I don’t care where they came from. George A. Romero Read Quote
In the old days, there were three networks, and all of a sudden, Walter Cronkite is the most trusted man in America. Everybody believes what he says, not even thinking. In those days, we didn’t even know it was being spun. We were very willing to just listen to it and go along with. George A. Romero Read Quote
For me, tribalism and religion are basically the big reasons we’re in trouble. Patriotism, tribalism, and religion. George A. Romero Read Quote
Comic books and radio were my escape. I even remember 3-D comic books where you put on the red-and-green glasses and Mighty Mouse would punch you in the face. It was the literature of the day for kids my age who were too bored with listening to ‘Peter and the Wolf’ on the record player. George A. Romero Read Quote
When you are working with low budgets and you have a gunshot with a squib and it goes wrong – the gun flash does not synchronize with the squib or whatever – it takes half an hour or 40 minutes to clean it all up and reset it. It’s much easier to use a computer to paint in the flash and splatter. George A. Romero Read Quote
I will never make a film where zombies are threatening to take over the planet. George A. Romero Read Quote
The grotesque has never really affected or frightened me. I guess it’s real-life stuff that frightens me much more. George A. Romero Read Quote
The main thing people took from ‘Night of the Living Dead’ was that it was a racial statement movie, and that was completely unintended. George A. Romero Read Quote
