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Alan Ball

That’s the day I realized that there was this entire life behind things, and this incredibly benevolent force that wanted me to know there was no reason to be afraid, ever.
ALAN BALL

Afraid Benevolent Entire Force Incredibly Realize Reason Thing
I’m not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it.
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Believer Luck Need
I certainly believe that what we perceive as humans is just the tip of the iceberg.
ALAN BALL

Believe Certain Human Iceberg Perceive Tip
I mean certainly, you read about things people did to each other in the pursuit of some mystical or occult goal, and it’s horrifying. But that’s just human nature.
ALAN BALL

Certainly Goal Human Nature People Pursuit Read
I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.
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Environment Grew Most Progressive Say
Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.
ALAN BALL

Best Everything Going Really Strive Succesful
It’s also easy to look at them as a metaphor for a shadow organization that says one thing and has a completely different agenda on their mind, and anybody who gets in their way, they just get rid of them. Does that sound familiar?
ALAN BALL

Agenda Different Easy Look Metaphor Mind One Organization Shadow Similar Sound Thing
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

Dracula Grow Interview Show Vampire
Happy relationships are boring. We all want them in our own life. But I don’t want to watch them on TV.
ALAN BALL

Boring Happy Life Relationship Television Watch
Once Everton has touched you, nothing will be the same.
ALAN BALL

Nothing Once Person Same Touch
I’m not like J.K. Rowling, where I know there’s going to be this number of seasons, and I know exactly what’s going to happen.
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Author Exactly Happen Like Number Person Season
We don’t have any real sense of community anymore.
ALAN BALL

Anymore Community Real Sense
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

Captain Over Person Pride Take Wonderful
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.
ALAN BALL

Access Belief Belive Definitely Kind Necessary Thing Vampire Werewolves
We live in a time where there’s an alienation factor. There’s a certain disconnection.
ALAN BALL

Alienation Certain Disconnection Factor Live Time
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.
ALAN BALL

Best Comedy Commentary Genuine Romance Sex Social Story Tell Terror Violence

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