Neil LaBute Quotes

In a relationship you have to open yourself up.
Neil LaBute

Relationship, Yourself, Open

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

Society, Live, Give

Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful.
Neil LaBute

Everybody, Ability, Hateful

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.
Neil LaBute

Women, Woman, Idea

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

Sense, Guys, Fit

I'm more than open to hope, but I think men and women have a difficult time dealing with each other and often take the low road.
Neil LaBute

Time, Women, Men

My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We're all protective of the self.
Neil LaBute

Best, Friend, Self

And I've got some screenplays and plays ready to dip into when I need to.
Neil LaBute

Ready, Dip, Plays

And with Aaron, I'd have to find a reason not to work with him.
Neil LaBute

Work, Him, Find

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.
Neil LaBute

Best, Character, Wife

But for me, it feels like a natural extension of what I've been doing: exploring relationships. Here you have two relationships and we can explore how difficult it is for people to be together.
Neil LaBute

Together, Two, Here

Everyone has a little bit of Howard and Chad in them. I think there's Christine in all men as well.
Neil LaBute

Men, Everyone, Bit

Everyone has a story.
Neil LaBute

Everyone, Story

First I would probably place men at the bottom of the food chain. On a grander scale, I would say they're reacting to change. Feminism has got to be part of that.
Neil LaBute

Change, Men, Food

I didn't choose BYU, I like to think it chose me.
Neil LaBute

I have a healthy view of what one can do with art.
Neil LaBute

Art, Healthy, View

I make movies I want to see.
Neil LaBute

I see bits and pieces of me in all the characters in my films.
Neil LaBute

Films, Characters, Pieces

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.
Neil LaBute

Victim, Middle, Model

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.
Neil LaBute

Character, Less, Actor

I wanted to make these people real, not like they were in a painting. Like these are people who don't know they're in a period movie. Those concerns are incredibly immediate.
Neil LaBute

Real, Wanted, Movie

I wanted to tell a story that interested me as much in the telling as in the watching.
Neil LaBute

Wanted, Tell, Story

I was always looking for the most dramatic emphasis.
Neil LaBute

Looking, Dramatic, Emphasis

I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction.
Neil LaBute

Science, Movies, Thought

If we put the camera on ourselves, our friends and neighbors, we'll come up with some scary stuff.
Neil LaBute

Friends, Put, Ourselves

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Biography

Nationality: American

Born: March 19, 1963

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