183 Quotes by George A. Romero

My films, I've tried to put a message into them. It's not about the gore; it's not about the horror element that are in them. It's more about the message, for me. That's what it is, and I'm using this platform to be able to show my feelings of what I think.

Zombies cannot run.

I wanted 'Night of the Living Dead' to look naturalistic, but we weren't able to do it because we were shooting with a blimped 35mm camera, which is automatically static.

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.

The 'Dead' films allow me to talk about things that a drama, say, won't. 'Dawn Of The Dead,' which was set in a shopping mall, is on one level about consumerism; 'Land Of The Dead' is a response to Bush.

I've made six zombie films; I've tried consciously to make each one different from the next.

Zombies to me don't represent anything in particular. They are a global disaster that people don't know how to deal with.

I saw 'Dracula,' 'Frankenstein,' 'The Wolf Man,' 'The Invisible Man.' I saw all those guys on the big screen at RKO in the Bronx. I just always loved that stuff. I loved other stuff, too. That's the thing. That wasn't all I wanted to be.

For me, tribalism and religion are basically the big reasons we're in trouble. Patriotism, tribalism, and religion.