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Once Everton has touched you, nothing will be the same.

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Alan Ball
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 13
Director
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Alan Erwin Ball
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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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Television viewing has become for me a completely different experience, because I don't watch shows on a weekly basis. I wait until the DVD or I TiVo everything and wait until the end of a season and watch it all over a weekend. For me that's a really satisfying experience, like reading a book.
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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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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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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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The idea of celibate vampires is ridiculous. To me, vampires are sex. I don't get a vampire story about abstinence. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed.
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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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We live in a patriarchal culture. It's okay for women to be objectified but not for men.
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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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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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You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure.
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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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Life is suffering. We have desires and expectations and egos, and we compare the reality we have, which is miraculous and wondrous, with this reality we desire. That somehow distances us from actually taking part fully with the reality we do have, and that creates suffering. For me, the thing that I love is that it's all about the present moment.
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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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If a scene is longer than three pages, it better be for a good reason.
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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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My own belief is that people can come back from anything. It doesn't mean that it won't come at a huge cost.
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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.
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