George A. Romero

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. ”

I grew up in New York City. And I lived in the Bronx in a place called Parkchester. ”

I sympathize with the zombies and am not even sure they are villains. To me they are this earth-changing thing. God or the devil changed the rules, and dead people are not staying dead. ”

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

One thing about a film production is that it must run efficiently; there is no room for dead wood. So somebody that hangs around by the coffee wagon won't get hired again, but somebody who is dedicated and works hard and really puts out will get noticed by the people that matter around there and will get asked to come back again. ”

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. ”

Horror will always be there, it always comes back, it's a familiar genre that some people, not everyone - it's sort of the cinema anchovies. You either like it or you don't. ”

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. ”

Nursery rhymes were political when they were first written! To me, that's what it's about: it's about using it to say something more than just what the story is. ”

My zombie films were all sort of satirical, with political messages. So I was doing them inexpensively and quietly off in left field somewhere. ”