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Alan Ball


Born
in Atlanta, Georgia, The United States
May 13, 1957

Genre
Literature & Fiction, Film, Theater


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Alan Ball is an Academy Award-winning screenwriter, director, producer and occasional actor, who is best known for writing the screenplay for the Oscar-winning film American Beauty, and for creating the HBO original drama series Six Feet Under. ...more

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“I guess I could be pretty pissed off about what happened to me, but it’s hard to stay mad when there’s so much beauty in the world. Sometimes I feel like I’m seeing it all at once, and it’s too much; my heart fills up like a balloon that’s about to burst. And then I remember to relax, and stop trying to hold onto it. And then it flows through me like rain, and I can’t feel anything but gratitude—for every single moment of my stupid, little life. You have no idea what I’m talking about, I’m sure; but don’t worry….you will someday.”
― Alan Ball, American Beauty: The Shooting Script
tags: alan-ball, american-beauty, film, film-script
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“The idea of celibate vampires is ridiculous. To me, vampires are sex. I don't get a vampire story about abstinence. I don't care about high school students. I find them irritating and uninformed.”
― Alan Ball
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“Sometimes there's so much beauty in the world, I feel like I can't take it, and my heart is just going to cave in.”
― Alan Ball, American Beauty: The Shooting Script
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