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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.

~George A. Romero

Topics: About Fail Finger How Humans Much Pointing Possible React Respect Stories Sympathize Try Us Zombies

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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.

~George A. Romero

Topics: About Always Before Coordination Fast Games Get How Makes Moving Quickly Sense Them Think Those Video Video Games You Zombies

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I really liked the helicopter pilot in 'Dawn of the Dead', when he gets bitten and comes out of the elevator. That guy was amazing. He did this incredible walk that we didn't even know about until we started shooting.

~George A. Romero

Topics: About Amazing Bitten Dawn Dead Did Elevator Even Gets Guy He Helicopter Incredible Know Liked Out Pilot Really Shooting Started Until Walk

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Movies are about escape.

~George A. Romero

Topics: About Escape Movies

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Nothing's ever real until it's real.

~George A. Romero

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First of all, in the old days, if you wanted to show someone getting shot on film, all you could do was place an effect in the original take. And if you wanted to brighten somebody's face and leave the rest of the room dark, that was a very expensive process.

~George A. Romero

Topics: Brighten Could Dark Days Effect Expensive Face Film First First Of All Getting Leave Old Old Days Original Place Process Rest Room Shot Show Somebody Someone Take Very Wanted You

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I keep a little notebook of things that I can do to the zombies that might be silly and fun.

~George A. Romero

Topics: Fun Keep Little Might Notebook Silly Things Zombies I Can

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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

Topics: American Because Before Books Certain Code Comic Comic Books Comics Exposed Fun Good-Natured Grew Had Horror Meaning Never Nightmares North North American Old Sense Sort Stuff Think Up Well I Think

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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.

~George A. Romero

Topics: Always Back Cinema Either Everyone Familiar Genre Horror Like People Some Some People Sort Will You

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Somehow I've been able to keep standing and stay in my little corner and do my little stuff and I'm not particularly affected by trends or I'm not dying to make a 3D movie or anything like that. I'm just sort of happy to still be around.

~George A. Romero

Topics: Able Affected Anything Around Been Corner Dying Happy Just Keep Like Little Make Movie Particularly Somehow Sort Standing Stay Still Stuff Trends

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: February 4th, 1940

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