George A. Romero

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. ”

There is something about the sameness people like. And what I've tried to do with all the zombie films is purposely make them different. That may be part of why it takes so long for people to see what it's intended to be. ”

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

In 2007, 'Diary of the Dead' all of a sudden made money. I was blindsided by that. ”

I did 'Land of the Dead,' which was the biggest zombie film I had ever made. I don't think it needed to be that big. That money went largely to the cast. They were great, but I don't think that money needed to be spent. ”

I think you're only free if you're working on very low or huge money. ”

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. ”

Neighbors are frightening enough when they're alive. ”

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. ”

The two great things about computer CG stuff are I can now do gags I would never have dreamed of in the old day. ”