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Ultimately, physical resemblance isn't as important as whether this person can bring this character to life in a way that's compelling and makes me care about what happens to them.

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Alan Ball
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 13
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I was conveniently bisexual for a long time, and then I went, 'Come on, who am I kidding?' And I have to say, it was the single biggest step I took toward emotional well-being, to stop feeling like I had to hide who I am.
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Obviously death is a theme I'm fascinated by.
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In my own life, I think legends of supernatural, mythic things are really just a manifestation of the collective unconscious. So I don't really get freaked out. I mean certainly, you read about things people did to each other in the pursuit of some mystical or occult goal, and it's horrifying. But that's just human nature.
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Racism is ridiculous no matter where it's coming from.
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I'm 53. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed.
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Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable.
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Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.
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I'm from the South, so while I personally find it impossible to live there, I still have a fondness for it as a geographical region.
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I am so spoiled. I cannot watch a show where it gets interrupted for ads. I have to TiVo it and skip through the ads, because the culture of advertising is so false and phony that I just... ugh, you know?
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Life is too mysterious to try to map it out. I've certainly lived long enough to know it will take you places you never thought it would take you - and some of those places are kind of wonderful.
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A lot of times, the choice of the right song will save a scene. Or there will be a scene that's a little flat and you put in the right song and somehow it just comes alive.
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It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten about.
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That's the day I realized that there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever... Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it, and my heart is going to cave in.
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I think the world is a place for oddballs and freaks. I'm only interested in oddballs and freaks as characters.
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As a culture, we are not comfortable with mortality. We do not accept it the way other cultures do. We cling to youth, and we don't want to die. It's like, 'Well, too bad, we do.'
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Never underestimate the power of denial.
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The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.
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