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As a culture, we are not comfortable with mortality. We do not accept it the way other cultures do. We cling to youth, and we don't want to die. It's like, 'Well, too bad, we do.'

~Alan Ball

Topics: Accept Bad Cling Comfortable Culture Cultures Die Like Mortality Other Too Want Way Well Youth

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You know, I'm gay and I grew up being aware of that at a very early age, in a fairly repressed family.

~Alan Ball

Topics: Age Aware Being Early Early Age Fairly Family Gay Grew Know Repressed Up Very Very Early Age You

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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.

~Alan Ball

Topics: Best Everything Going Just Naive Really Strive Successful You

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I'm aware of 'Twilight,' but I've never seen the movies or read any of the books. Frankly, the story leaves me cold - why do a vampire story about abstinence?

~Alan Ball

Topics: About Abstinence Any Aware Books Cold Frankly Leaves Me Movies Never Read Seen Story Twilight Vampire Why

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I don't believe in any particular definition of the afterlife, but I do believe we're spiritual creatures and more than our biology and that energy cannot be destroyed, but can change. I don't know what the afterlife is going to be, but I'm not afraid of it.

~Alan Ball

Topics: Afraid Afterlife Any Believe Biology Cannot Change Creatures Definition Destroyed Energy Going Know More Our Particular Spiritual Than

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I'm 53. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed.

~Alan Ball

Topics: About Care Find High High School High School Students Irritating School Students Them Uninformed

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It's hard for me to get interested in stories that ignore death, which is what American marketing culture would like to do: pretend that death doesn't exist, that you can buy immortality; just buy these products, and you'll be forever young and happy.

~Alan Ball

Topics: American Buy Culture Death Exist Forever Get Happy Hard Ignore Immortality Interested Just Like Marketing Me Pretend Products Stories Which Would You Young

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I'm not saying that being gay is what defines me, but at the same time, if you feel like you have to hide it, then it becomes what defines you. You keep it hidden, and the secret becomes you.

~Alan Ball

Topics: Becomes Being Defines Feel Gay Hidden Hide Keep Like Me Same Same Time Saying Secret Then Time You

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The difference between film and TV is the pace. You don't have the leisure of time in television.

~Alan Ball

Topics: Between Difference Film Film And Tv Leisure Pace Television Time Tv You

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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.

~Alan Ball

Topics: Am Angles Couple Directing Done Get Know Moments Move Move On Noon Other Shoot Still Times Wanted Way I Am

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Director

Born: May 13th, 1957

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