68 Quotes by Neil LaBute

I felt, if I’m going to take on some of the most overdone material, which is men and women and affairs and betrayal of friends, I had better have a new take on it. I think my films come from a desperation not to be boring.

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.

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.

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.

And I’ve got some screenplays and plays ready to dip into when I need to.

And with Aaron, I’d have to find a reason not to work with him.

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

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.

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.