I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.
ALAN BALLIt’s a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.
More Alan Ball Quotes
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That somehow distances us from actually taking part fully with the reality we do have, and that creates suffering.
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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.
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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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The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.
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I certainly believe that what we perceive as humans is just the tip of the iceberg.
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It’s a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself.
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I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.
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In my own life, I think legends of supernatural, mythic things are really just a manifestation of the collective unconscious. So I don’t really get freaked out.
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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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Makes you wonder what else you can do that you’ve forgotten about.
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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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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.
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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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It’s easy to look at the vampires as a metaphor for any feared or misunderstood group.
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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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