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George A. Romero quotes: I expect a zombie to show up on 'Sesame Street' soon, teaching kids to count.

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

George A. Romero quotes: I keep a little notebook of things that I can do to the zombies that might be silly and fun.

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

George A. Romero quotes: I also have always liked the monster within idea. I like the zombies being us. Zombies are the blue-collar monsters.

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

George A. Romero quotes: Movies are about escape.

Movies are about escape.

George A. Romero quotes: When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth.

When there's no more room in Hell, the dead will walk the Earth.

George A. Romero quotes: I can't really make fun of zombies. They're not liars. They're not cheats.

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

George A. Romero quotes: When I was old enough to go to movies alone, I got to see 'Frankenstein' and 'Dracula' on the big screen. I just fell in love with them.

When I was old enough to go to movies alone, I got to see 'Frankenstein' and 'Dracula' on the big screen. I just fell in love with them.

George A. Romero quotes: My opinion of a good zombie walk is to loll your head as if it's a little too heavy and the muscles have begun to atrophy.

My opinion of a good zombie walk is to loll your head as if it's a little too heavy and the muscles have begun to atrophy.

George A. Romero quotes: Nothing's ever real until it's real.

Nothing's ever real until it's real.

George A. Romero quotes: 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.

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.

George A. Romero quotes: 'The Thing from Another World' was the first movie that really scared me.

'The Thing from Another World' was the first movie that really scared me.

George A. Romero quotes: Just because I'm showing somebody being disemboweled doesn't mean that I have to get heavy and put a message behind it.

Just because I'm showing somebody being disemboweled doesn't mean that I have to get heavy and put a message behind it.

George A. Romero quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

George A. Romero quotes: I'm like my zombies. I won't stay dead!

I'm like my zombies. I won't stay dead!

George A. Romero quotes: I'll never get sick of zombies. I just get sick of producers.

I'll never get sick of zombies. I just get sick of producers.

George A. Romero quotes: I think you're only free if you're working on very low or huge money.

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

George A. Romero quotes: I don't want a zombie society. I don't want to go that far.

I don't want a zombie society. I don't want to go that far.

George A. Romero quotes: Zombies are the real lower-class citizens of the monster world and that's why l like them.

Zombies are the real lower-class citizens of the monster world and that's why l like them.

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

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

George A. Romero quotes: Ever since 'Lassie' and 'Old Yeller', I won't watch animal movies. Animals in movies always die.

Ever since 'Lassie' and 'Old Yeller', I won't watch animal movies. Animals in movies always die.

George A. Romero quotes: People called '28 Days' and '28 Weeks' zombie movies, and they're not! It's some sort of virus; they're not dead.

People called '28 Days' and '28 Weeks' zombie movies, and they're not! It's some sort of virus; they're not dead.

George A. Romero quotes: I don't think you need to spend $40 million to be creepy. The best horror films are the ones that are much less endowed.

I don't think you need to spend $40 million to be creepy. The best horror films are the ones that are much less endowed.

George A. Romero quotes: Collaborate, don't dictate. Every department head has something to offer. Listen and gratefully accept their offerings. They're moviemakers, too.

Collaborate, don't dictate. Every department head has something to offer. Listen and gratefully accept their offerings. They're moviemakers, too.

George A. Romero quotes: I always thought of the zombies as being about revolution, one generation consuming the next.

I always thought of the zombies as being about revolution, one generation consuming the next.

George A. Romero quotes: The guy that made me wanna make movies ... and this is off the wall-is a guy named Michael Pal, the British director.

The guy that made me wanna make movies ... and this is off the wall-is a guy named Michael Pal, the British director.

George A. Romero quotes: Everybody knows the rules, even though some break those rules.

Everybody knows the rules, even though some break those rules.

George A. Romero quotes: The most realistic blood I've seen is when Marlon Brando gets beat up in On The Waterfront.

The most realistic blood I've seen is when Marlon Brando gets beat up in On The Waterfront.

George A. Romero quotes: I grew up on DC Comics, moral tales where the bad guys got their comeuppance. To me the gory panels or grotesque stuff just made me chuckle.

I grew up on DC Comics, moral tales where the bad guys got their comeuppance. To me the gory panels or grotesque stuff just made me chuckle.

George A. Romero quotes: I've always felt that the real horror is next door to us, that the scariest monsters are our neighbors.

I've always felt that the real horror is next door to us, that the scariest monsters are our neighbors.

George A. Romero quotes: If one horror film hits, everyone says, 'Let's go make a horror film.' It's the genre that never dies.

If one horror film hits, everyone says, 'Let's go make a horror film.' It's the genre that never dies.

George A. Romero quotes: I like guys who are understandable and good guys who are flawed.

I like guys who are understandable and good guys who are flawed.

George A. Romero quotes: Anybody who tunes into Rush Limabaugh already knows what he's going to say and is already inclined to agree. So it winds up creating tribes.

Anybody who tunes into Rush Limabaugh already knows what he's going to say and is already inclined to agree. So it winds up creating tribes.

George A. Romero quotes: Collaborate, don't dictate.

Collaborate, don't dictate.

George A. Romero quotes: As a filmmaker you get typecast just as much as an actor does, so I'm trapped in a genre that I love, but I'm trapped in it!

As a filmmaker you get typecast just as much as an actor does, so I'm trapped in a genre that I love, but I'm trapped in it!