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Never underestimate the power of denial.

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Alan Ball
Age: 67
Born: 1957
Born: May 13
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Alan Erwin Ball
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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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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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I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to take a good hard look at workaholism and it's effect on one's mental health.
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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'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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We live in a time where there's an alienation factor. There's a certain disconnection. We don't have any real sense of community anymore.
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If a scene is longer than three pages, it better be for a good reason.
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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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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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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 try to tell the best story, and the story that has some heart and some genuine terror and some social commentary and some comedy and some romance and some sex and some violence.
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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 believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.
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I felt pride, wonderful pride, when I was captain. It was an honour to take over from Labby. Anybody who has ever captained a big club, which Everton are, will tell you it's a great honour.
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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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I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.
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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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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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I think all writers are armchair psychologists to some degree or another, and I think a character's sexuality is fascinating. It's a great way to really get at the root of their identity, because it's such a personal thing.
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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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