George A. Romero : (8)

" My film collection is all oldies. " - George A. Romero

" I grew up on the old EC comic books before the Comics Code in North American and with all sort of good-natured fun. I never had nightmares I think because all of the old horror stuff that I was exposed to was well meaning in a certain sense. " - George A. Romero

" I don’t want to do ‘Beyond the Planet of the Apes.’ I don’t want a zombie society. I don’t want to go that far. " - George A. Romero

" 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. " - George A. Romero

" 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

" 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.’ " - George A. Romero

" I won’t say I’m uncompromising, but I won’t compromise just for the hell of it. " - George A. Romero

" I liked the ’28 Days Later’ films, but they’re not zombies; they’re not dead. They’re not using it in the same way. " - George A. Romero