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Alan Ball Quotes: "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."

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.



Alan Ball Quotes: "Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable."

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

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



Alan Ball Quotes: "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."

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.




Alan Ball Quotes: "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."

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.



Alan Ball Quotes: "I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell."

I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.



Alan Ball Quotes: "I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist."

I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.




Alan Ball Quotes: "Never underestimate the power of denial."

Never underestimate the power of denial.



Alan Ball Quotes: "You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure."

You have no idea what I'm talking about, I'm sure.



Alan Ball Quotes: "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."

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.



Alan Ball Quotes: "I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.'"

I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.'



Alan Ball Quotes: "If a scene is longer than three pages, it better be for a good reason."

If a scene is longer than three pages, it better be for a good reason.




Alan Ball Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "The fact that we die, that makes life important. It's hard to take, but it's the truth."

The fact that we die, that makes life important. It's hard to take, but it's the truth.



Alan Ball Quotes: "My own belief is that people can come back from anything. It doesn't mean that it won't come at a huge cost."

My own belief is that people can come back from anything. It doesn't mean that it won't come at a huge cost.



Alan Ball Quotes: "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."

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.



Alan Ball Quotes: "Vampires are total sexual metaphors; there's just no way around that."

Vampires are total sexual metaphors; there's just no way around that.



Alan Ball Quotes: "Obviously death is a theme I'm fascinated by."

Obviously death is a theme I'm fascinated by.



Alan Ball Quotes: "I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them."

I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them.



Alan Ball Quotes: "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."

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.



Alan Ball Quotes: "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."

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.



Alan Ball Quotes: "Most of us live in artificial environments and then we go to work in artificial environments and the world becomes something that you see through a window."

Most of us live in artificial environments and then we go to work in artificial environments and the world becomes something that you see through a window.



Alan Ball Quotes: "The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television."

The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television.



Alan Ball Quotes: "When I go home, the last thing I want to do is read about the popular lore of vampires."

When I go home, the last thing I want to do is read about the popular lore of vampires.



Alan Ball Quotes: "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.'"

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.'



Alan Ball Quotes: "There is a fetishization of victimization in our culture. And I just am not interested in victimhood."

There is a fetishization of victimization in our culture. And I just am not interested in victimhood.



Alan Ball Quotes: "We live in a patriarchal culture. It's okay for women to be objectified but not for men."

We live in a patriarchal culture. It's okay for women to be objectified but not for men.



Alan Ball Quotes: "I'm 53. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed."

I'm 53. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed.



Alan Ball Quotes: "Racism is ridiculous no matter where it's coming from."

Racism is ridiculous no matter where it's coming from.



Alan Ball Quotes: "I think sexuality is a window into someone's soul."

I think sexuality is a window into someone's soul.



Alan Ball Quotes: "I'm not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it."

I'm not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it.



Alan Ball Quotes: "Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do."

Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.



Alan Ball Quotes: "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."

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.



Alan Ball Quotes: "I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive."

I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.



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

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



Alan Ball Quotes: "I'd seen 'Interview with A Vampire' and saw Dracula movies growing up, but I never thought, 'I love vampires; I have to do a show about vampires.'"

I'd seen 'Interview with A Vampire' and saw Dracula movies growing up, but I never thought, 'I love vampires; I have to do a show about vampires.'



Alan Ball Quotes: "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."

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.



Alan Ball Quotes: "Life is too mysterious to try to map it out. I've certainly lived long enough to know it will take you places you never thought it would take you - and some of those places are kind of wonderful."

Life is too mysterious to try to map it out. I've certainly lived long enough to know it will take you places you never thought it would take you - and some of those places are kind of wonderful.



Alan Ball Quotes: "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."

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.



Alan Ball Quotes: "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."

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.



Alan Ball Quotes: "Beauty is in the strangest places. A piece of garbage floating in the wind. And that beauty exists in America. It exists everywhere. You have to develop an eye for it and be able to see it."

Beauty is in the strangest places. A piece of garbage floating in the wind. And that beauty exists in America. It exists everywhere. You have to develop an eye for it and be able to see it.



Alan Ball Quotes: "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?"

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?



Alan Ball Quotes: "The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It's not so easily tamed or subdued."

The ego is kind of a big, unwieldy thing. It's not so easily tamed or subdued.



Alan Ball Quotes: "The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone."

The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.



Alan Ball Quotes: "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."

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.



Alan Ball Quotes: "I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people's psyches."

I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people's psyches.



Alan Ball Quotes: "I think the world is a place for oddballs and freaks. I'm only interested in oddballs and freaks as characters."

I think the world is a place for oddballs and freaks. I'm only interested in oddballs and freaks as characters.



Alan Ball Quotes: "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."

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.



Alan Ball Quotes: "Well did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chainsaw?-- Pam to Jessica, True Blood"

Well did you call the hypothetical hardware store and buy a theoretical chainsaw?-- Pam to Jessica, True Blood