Neil LaBute quotes

We live in a disposable society. It's easier to throw things out than to fix them. We even give it a name - we call it recycling. (Neil LaBute)
My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self. View quote
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In a relationship you have to open yourself up. View quote
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I will say that the idea of a woman being deceptive came from that original discussion with critics and reporters about if woman could do that kind of thing. Evelyn, herself, grew out of the discussions about how capable women are of deceit and lying and manipulation. View quote
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Relationships in general make people a bit nervous. It's about trust. Do I trust you enough to go there? View quote
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The future is now. It's time to grow up and be strong. Tomorrow may well be too late. View quote
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Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful. View quote
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I see bits and pieces of me in all the characters in my films. View quote
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Just in the past few years - since I've been making movies, which isn't a very long time - you now have a culture that is fascinated and informed about the box office in a way that sometimes filmmakers weren't even. View quote
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I didn't choose BYU, I like to think it chose me. View quote
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I wanted to tell a story that interested me as much in the telling as in the watching. (Neil LaBute)
But even with a character like Cary who is relatively outlandish, at the end of the movie he's in a place where I wouldn't have expected him to be - taking on the responsibility of a woman who is pregnant and who used to be his best friend's wife. View quote
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With In the Company of Men, the misogynist label stuck early and firmly. In the end, it probably did hurt the film a bit, because getting women into the theaters was difficult. View quote
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Everyone has a story. View quote
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I have a healthy view of what one can do with art. View quote
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I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction. View quote
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If we put the camera on ourselves, our friends and neighbors, we'll come up with some scary stuff. View quote
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People have perhaps gotten to the point where for the most part movies are a just bit of escape. View quote
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We humans are a fairly barbarous bunch. View quote
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I think Christine and Chad are on the opposite extremes of the spectrum. Christine is a model victim, and Chad is a model perpetrator, and Howard is closer to the middle. View quote
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I was very careful to cast guys who were very good-looking and very fit and who had a certain sense of privilege about them, because with that sense of privilege comes contempt. (Neil LaBute)
People think my work is therapeutic. I don't see it that way. It's not like I'm saving money from a weekly therapy visit by writing down my life. View quote
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I think the more the actor lets you know what he thinks of the character, the less the audience cares - like a comedian who laughs at his own jokes. View quote
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There is a lot of absurdity sometimes, not just in Mormonism but often in other religions that want to pretend that no bad happens in their church, rather than taking care of what bad does happen. View quote
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Without In The Company of Men, I could still be teaching, so who knows if this would've existed. View quote
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