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

Alan Ball

Makes you wonder what else you can do that you’ve forgotten about.
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Else Make Wonder
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.’
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Dracula Grow Interview Show Vampire
That somehow distances us from actually taking part fully with the reality we do have, and that creates suffering.
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Actual Create Distance Fully Reality Somehow Suffer Taken
I’m not a believer in luck, but I do believe you need it.
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Believer Luck Need
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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Angel Couple Direct Moment Move On Time Want
The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.
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Hand Important Over Phone Shook Thing
We live in a time where there’s an alienation factor. There’s a certain disconnection.
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Alienation Certain Disconnection Factor Live Time
I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people’s psyches.
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Archetype People Powerful Psyche Timeless Vampire
It’s easy to look at the vampires as a metaphor for any feared or misunderstood group.
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Easy Fear Group Look Metaphor Misunderstood Vampire
We don’t have any real sense of community anymore.
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Anymore Community Real Sense
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.
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Compare Desir Expectation Life Miraculous Reality Suffering Wondrous
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.
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Afraid Benevolent Entire Force Incredibly Realize Reason Thing
For me, the thing that I love is that it’s all about the present moment.
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Love Moment Present Thing
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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Close Come Incredible Love Nourish Probably Religion Reveal Storytelling
It’s a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.
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Ability Great Realize Surprise Thing
I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.
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Environment Grew Most Progressive Say

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