I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.
ALAN BALLThere 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.
More Alan Ball Quotes
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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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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 would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.
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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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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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For me, the thing that I love is that it’s all about the present moment.
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Not everything is going to be successful. To strive for that is really naive. You just do the best you can do.
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It’s a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.
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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.
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I certainly believe that what we perceive as humans is just the tip of the iceberg.
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I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people’s psyches.
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Makes you wonder what else you can do that you’ve forgotten about.
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The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.
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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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Sometimes there’s so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can’t take it, and my heart is going to cave in.
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