Quotes from Neil LaBute

I make movies I want to see.

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.

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

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.

Unrequited love is always a great thing.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

I was always looking for the most dramatic emphasis.

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

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.

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

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'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.

In a relationship you have to open yourself up.

I make movies I want to see.

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

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.

The future is now. It's time to grow up and be strong. Tomorrow may well be too late.

I'm saying the American way is to overcome, to conquer, to come out on top. And we do it by spending and eating and screwing our women harder than anyone else. That's all I'm saying.