All Alan Ball Quotes
- I'm a Buddhist, so one of my biggest beliefs is, 'Everything changes, don't take it personally.' Belief
- I'm at the point in my life where I don't want to work as hard. Actually, I've had to take a good hard look at… Effect
- 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… Been
- I'm used to American actors who have a movie career thinking television acting is beneath them. Acting
- Obviously death is a theme I'm fascinated by. Death
- Vampires are total sexual metaphors; there's just no way around that. Inspirational
- And as I stumbled onto Eastern philosophy and Buddhism, it was the first time I had ever read any sort of philosophy that really made… Acceptance
- 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… Collective
- Ultimately, physical resemblance isn't as important as whether this person can bring this character to life in a way that's compelling and makes me care… Bring
- 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… Acknowledge
- Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable. Clock
- Happy relationships are boring. We all want them in our own life. But I don't want to watch them on TV. All
- 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… Familiar
- I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist. Believe
- I think sexuality is a window into someone's soul. Into
- I think the world is a place for oddballs and freaks. I'm only interested in oddballs and freaks as characters. Character
- I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people's psyches. Archetype
- I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive. Environment
- I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell. Care
- 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… Dracula
- 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. Find
- If a scene is longer than three pages, it better be for a good reason. Better
- The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television. Difference
- When I go home, the last thing I want to do is read about the popular lore of vampires. Go
- You know, I'm gay and I grew up being aware of that at a very early age, in a fairly repressed family. Age