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There are very few horror films that I think are worth their salt.

~George A. Romero

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I'd love to make a film like 'Pan's Labyrinth.'

~George A. Romero

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'The Thing from Another World' was the first movie that really scared me. But the one that made me want to make movies was 'The Tales of Hoffman.' That's my favorite film of all time. It's a fantasy film. It's an opera. I never get tired of it.

~George A. Romero

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A lot of my friends are people who do horror films: Wes Craven, John Carpenter, Stephen King.

~George A. Romero

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When we made 'Night of the Living Dead,' we got riddled. There was this famous article Roger Ebert wrote just blasting the film because he had gone to see it at some screening where there were all these kids in the audience. I don't know why that happened. We didn't make the movie for kids.

~George A. Romero

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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.

~George A. Romero

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The very fact that you thought of it means that, somewhere in your mind, it's believable to you. All you have to do is convince your audience that it's possible.

~George A. Romero

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I've seen so many young filmmakers - even professional filmmakers who get a Hollywood deal - they don't quite know where to begin, where to end, and they'll waste a lot of time making this perfect shot, an establishing shot, and then there's no time left to shoot the dialogue.

~George A. Romero

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Collaborate, don't dictate.

~George A. Romero

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I love a couple of Fulci things. I just had a gas watching them. It's not what I would do, but I loved watching them. They were fun.

~George A. Romero

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: February 4th, 1940

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