Alan Ball Quotes


Alan Ball

We love these characters and we love them even when they`re unlikable, ... We always see the pain and suffering behind the unlikable behavior.

You know what I find interesting? If you lose a spouse, you`re called a widow, or a widower. If you`re a child and you lose your parents, then you`re an orphan. But what`s the word to describe a parent who loses a child? I guess that`s just too f**king awful to even have a name.

(The dreamscape conversations on) Six Feet Under, ... with their own ideas about themselves and what that dead character represents in their lives.

What the series is all about is: We die. So while we`re here, let`s live fully.

Oh Grow Up.

It`s a twisted little look at cultural imperialism as refracted through a relationship between a trust-fund stoner and a male prostitute, ... It`s really fun.

I`m so jealous of you.

As long as I can sell some homes and make some money, that`s what we`re in business for.

I didn`t want to create a world of heroes and villains. I wanted to create a world of infinite complexity and confusion, ... I just wanted to see characters try to live an authentic life in a world that`s increasingly inauthentic.

You can`t take a picture of this. It`s already gone.






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Academy Award for Best Writing (Original Screenplay)
Alan Ball
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay
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Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series
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Six Feet Under
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Commandment (2007)
True Carnage (2001)
Warpath (1997)
Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay (1981–2000)
Alan Ball
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Drama Series (2001–2025)
Alan Ball