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I think sexuality is a window into someone's soul.
Alan Ball
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Alan Ball
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 13
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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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I'm 53. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed.
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I certainly believe that what we perceive as humans is just the tip of the iceberg. I don't necessarily believe in vampires or werewolves or that kind of thing, but I believe there is definitely a realm we don't necessarily have access to.
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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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As a writer, it's fun to create. And once you get into a long-running show with very established characters and a very established tone and format, after a while it's a really great job, but that's what it is - a job.
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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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Vampires are total sexual metaphors there's just no way around that.
Alan Ball
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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You know, I'm gay and I grew up being aware of that at a very early age, in a fairly repressed family.
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The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.
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The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It's not so easily tamed or subdued.
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I am a little suspicious of industry paradigms. I feel like so many movies and TV shows feel so familiar because of over-reliance on these paradigms.
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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 know a lot of shows are like, 'Here's the pages,' right before they start filming. I'd have a heart attack. The anxiety would be way too much for me. I don't have as strong a backbone as those other show writers.
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I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.'
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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.
Alan Ball
When I go home, the last thing I want to do is read about the popular lore of vampires.
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I really love storytelling, and I love the stories as they reveal themselves. It's an incredibly nourishing process it's probably the closest I come to having a religion.
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I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.
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I need to feel like the work I'm doing is not necessarily important, but meaningful, at least to me, because otherwise it just becomes a day job. It just becomes factory work and I get really frustrated.
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