Quotes by Neil LaBute

About Neil LaBute:

Neil N. LaBute is an American film director, screenwriter and playwright.
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My business is can I create a world that's possible and could happen? I think that's the only thing that I have to do, and I think that I have done that each time.

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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.

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Relationships in general make people a bit nervous. It's about trust. Do I trust you enough to go there?

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Unrequited love is always a great thing.

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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.

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In a relationship you have to open yourself up.

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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.

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

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Without In The Company of Men, I could still be teaching, so who knows if this would've existed.

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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.

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I make movies I want to see.

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

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People have perhaps gotten to the point where for the most part movies are a just bit of escape.

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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.

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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...

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Author Bio

  • NameNeil LaBute
  • DescriptionFilm director, playwright, screenwriter
  • BornMarch 19, 1963
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionFilm Director; Author