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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.
Alan Ball
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Alan Ball
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 13
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Alan Erwin Ball
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I definitely see the good in people. Certainly in my own life I strive to be somebody who is functional and well adjusted and can face conflict in a non-emotional and non-destructive way, and those are the people I try to surround myself with in my life. But as characters, they bore me.
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We live in a patriarchal culture. It's okay for women to be objectified but not for men.
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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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The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.
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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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When I go home, the last thing I want to do is read about the popular lore of vampires.
Alan Ball
Happy relationships are boring. We all want them in our own life. But I don't want to watch them on TV.
Alan Ball
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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I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people's psyches.
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I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them.
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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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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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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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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'm not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it.
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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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The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television.
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Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst.
Alan Ball
I think it's very difficult, and it requires a tremendous amount of spiritual integrity and discipline, to not be a narcissist in a culture that encourages it every step of the way.
Alan Ball
