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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 think sexuality is a window into someone's soul.

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

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

Once Everton has touched you nothing will be the same.

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: 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: 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: 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: You cannot hold a child accountable to the same standards that you hold an adult accountable to.

You cannot hold a child accountable to the same standards that you hold an adult accountable to.

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: 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

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

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

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

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'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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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.

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 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: 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: 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: 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: 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 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: You know, I'm gay and I grew up being aware of that at a very early age, in a fairly repressed family.

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 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: 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 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: 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.