"As great as Ed is, the wisdom out here is that he can't carry a movie. They'll pay him $3 million to be the second banana in Julia Roberts things. But they won't put up $3 million for an Ed Harris movie."
-George A. Romero
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"Ever since 'Lassie' and 'Old Yeller', I won't watch animal movies. Animals in movies always die.“
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"On the other side of that coin, and far outweighing it, is the fact that I've been able to use genre of Fantasy/Horror and express my opinion, talk a little about society, do a little bit of satire and that's been great, man. A lot of people don't have that platform."
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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."
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"The guy that made me wanna make movies... and this is off the wall-is a guy named Michael Pal, the British director."
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