Alan Ball
Alan Ball
Alan Erwin Ball is an American writer, director, and producer for television, film, and theatre...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionTV Producer
Date of Birth13 May 1957
CityMarietta, GA
CountryUnited States of America
growing-up philosophy acceptance
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 a tremendous amount of sense. What I liked that was missing from my experience of Christianity growing up was a sort of acceptance, a sort of being OK with being imperfect and not focusing on the sin.
environment progressive grew
I will say that the environment I grew up in was not the most progressive.
character thinking world
I think the world is a place for oddballs and freaks. I'm only interested in oddballs and freaks as characters.
tv-shows littles tvs
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 paradigms.
happy-relationship want tvs
Happy relationships are boring. We all want them in our own life. But I don't want to watch them on TV.
america perfect understanding
I guess in America we're so sold on this ideal of the perfect, well-adjusted family that is able to confront any conflict and, with true love and understanding, work things through. I'm sure they do exist, but I never knew any of them.
sex heart romance
I try to tell the best story, and the story that has some heart and some genuine terror and some social commentary and some comedy and some romance and some sex and some violence.
meaningful jobs frustrated
I need to feel like the work I'm doing is not necessarily important, but meaningful, at least to me, because otherwise it just becomes a day job. It just becomes factory work and I get really frustrated.
other-cultures want way
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.'
culture victimhood not-interested
There is a fetishization of victimization in our culture. And I just am not interested in victimhood.
football phones hands
The important thing is that he shook hands with us over the phone.
beauty realizing surprise
It's a great thing when you realize you still have the ability to surprise yourself. Makes you wonder what else you can do that you've forgotten about.
pride clubs captains
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.
touched everton
Once Everton has touched you nothing will be the same.