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Happy relationships are boring. We all want them in our own life. But I don't want to watch them on TV.

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Alan Ball
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 13
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I'm a huge freak, and always have been. I spent the first part of my life trying really desperately not to be one, and it was just a waste of time.
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Death is a companion for all of us, whether we acknowledge it or not, whether we're aware of it or not, and it's not necessarily a terrible thing.
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I'm aware of 'Twilight,' but I've never seen the movies or read any of the books. Frankly, the story leaves me cold - why do a vampire story about abstinence?
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Well, here's the thing with relationships on 'True Blood': Once they happen then you have to throw a monkey-wrench into them, because to have people be happy is not that exciting.
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There are times when I am directing, and there are a couple of moments I didn't get the way I wanted, but I know I still have other angles to shoot and I have to be done by noon I move on.
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There is a fetishization of victimization in our culture. And I just am not interested in victimhood.
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The fact that we die, that makes life important. It's hard to take, but it's the truth.
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I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.
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I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.
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