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
clock-is-ticking people social
Directing is physically exciting because there's a ticking clock, you're working with people, it's very social, it's very enjoyable.
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.
thinking trying stories
I would say try to tell stories that you care about as opposed to stories that you think will sell.
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.
thinking soul window
I think sexuality is a window into someone's soul.
buddhist believe i-believe
I believe forgiveness is possible for everybody, for everything, but I'm a Buddhist.
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.
powerful thinking psych
I think vampires are a timeless powerful archetype that can tap into people's psyches.
believe vampire tip-of-the-iceberg
I certainly believe that what we perceive as humans is just the tip of the iceberg. I don't necessarily believe in vampires or werewolves or that kind of thing, but I believe there is definitely a realm we don't necessarily have access to.
mean thinking collective-unconscious
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. 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.
series
What the series is all about is: We die. So while we're here, let's live fully.
business homes sell
As long as I can sell some homes and make some money, that's what we're in business for.
affection deep hard love
I have such deep affection and love for these characters, I find it hard to be disappointed by them.