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" The hardest thing when you're making a zombie movie is, 'How am I going to kill these zombies? I need a clever way to knock these guys off.' "

George A. Romero

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" I have a soft spot in my heart for the zombies. "

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

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" I sit around listening to classical music. I don't play video games. I love to go to dinner, go on picnics, travel. "

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

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

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" I won't say I'm uncompromising, but I won't compromise just for the hell of it. "

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