George A. Romero Quotes & Sayings

“I also have always liked the monster within idea. I like the zombies being us. Zombies are the blue-collar monsters.”

“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.”

“A zombie film is not fun without a bunch of stupid people running around and observing how they fail to handle the situation.”

“Zombies are always moving fast in video games. It makes sense if you think about it. Those games are all about hand-eye coordination and how quickly can you get them before they get you.”

“For a Catholic kid in parochial school, the only way to survive the beatings - by classmates, not the nuns - was to be the funny guy.”

“I can't really make fun of zombies. They're not liars. They're not cheats.”

“I expect a zombie to show up on 'Sesame Street' soon, teaching kids to count.”

“My stories are about humans and how they react, or fail to react, or react stupidly. I'm pointing the finger at us, not at the zombies. I try to respect and sympathize with the zombies as much as possible.”

“If I fail, the film industry writes me off as another statistic. If I succeed, they pay me a million bucks to fly out to Hollywood and fart.”

“My zombies will never take over the world because I need the humans. The humans are the ones I dislike the most, and they're where the trouble really lies.”