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His whole goal in life was to never repeat what had happened to him early on. He wanted above all to be a good husband, a great father, an exceptional Marine, and he was succeeding at all of those.


Edward Romero

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GEORGE A. ROMERO When I was old enough to go to movies alone, I got to see 'Frankenstein' and 'Dracula...
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ANTHONY D. ROMERO I was very into Arthurian myth. I had always read all the White stuff, devour the stuff.
GEORGE A. ROMERO So many execs don't get or understand the horror genre, they're used to being involved with story or...
GEORGE A. ROMERO I grew up on the old EC comic books before the Comics Code in North American and with all sort of go...
GEORGE A. ROMERO My opinion of a good zombie walk is to loll your head as if it's a little too heavy and the muscles ...
GEORGE A. ROMERO Horror will always be there, it always comes back, it's a familiar genre that some people, not e...
GEORGE A. ROMERO For a Catholic kid in parochial school, the only way to survive the beatings - by classmates, not th...
GEORGE A. ROMERO Back then, in 1968, everything was suspect - family, government, and obviously the family unit in &#...
GEORGE A. ROMERO I like guys who are understandable and good guys who are flawed.
GEORGE A. ROMERO I thought Godzilla was a mess, the monster had no character and the humans didn't either. They f...
GEORGE A. ROMERO I really believe that you could do horror very inexpensively. I don't think it has anything to d...
GEORGE A. ROMERO As great as Ed is, the wisdom out here is that he can't carry a movie. They'll pay him $3 mi...
GEORGE A. ROMERO Pittsburgh, for a while, became a production centre. There was one $400 million year. Hollywood was ...
GEORGE A. ROMERO My zombie films were all sort of satirical, with political messages. So I was doing them inexpensive...
GEORGE A. ROMERO Ever since 'Lassie' and 'Old Yeller', I won't watch animal movies. Animals in mo...
GEORGE A. ROMERO I'd love to make a film like 'Pan's Labyrinth.'
GEORGE A. ROMERO RISE to the occasion or FALL among the many who refuse to try
MARIO ROMERO STEPHEN To be truly different, one must first think differently. Imagination inspires innovation.
MARIO ROMERO STEPHEN When our leaders allow and even encourage abuse at the 'outer limits', America suffers. A nation tha...
ANTHONY D. ROMERO We understand that the publication of the anti-Muslim cartoons presents vexing issues for a democrac...
ANTHONY D. ROMERO We continue to see undeniable evidence that abuse and torture has been widespread and systematic, ye...
ANTHONY D. ROMERO President Bush broke the law and lied to the American people when he unilaterally authorized secret ...
ANTHONY D. ROMERO There is no question that US interrogations have resulted in deaths. High-ranking officials who knew...
ANTHONY D. ROMERO President Bush may believe he can authorize spying on Americans without judicial or congressional ap...
ANTHONY D. ROMERO President Bush's disregard and disrespect for the Constitution are evident, but in America, we are a...
ANTHONY D. ROMERO Unfortunately, as our lawsuit shows today, those statements are patently false.
ANTHONY D. ROMERO This confirms many of the fears about Gonzales' appointment ? that he would not be sufficiently inde...
ANTHONY D. ROMERO When you're working with a low budget, the most expensive time is the time spent on the set. The...
GEORGE A. ROMERO We must overturn so many idols, the idol of self first of all, so that we can be humble, and only fr...
OSCAR A. ROMERO