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. – 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. – Neil LaBute
Everyone has a little bit of Howard and Chad in them. I think there’s Christine in all men as well. – Neil LaBute
I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction. – Neil LaBute
Without In The Company of Men, I could still be teaching, so who knows if this would’ve existed. – Neil LaBute
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. – Neil LaBute
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
If we put the camera on ourselves, our friends and neighbors, we’ll come up with some scary stuff. – Neil LaBute
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
My best male friend is my best friend until he crosses me. We’re all protective of the self. – Neil LaBute
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
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
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
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
Relationships in general make people a bit nervous. It’s about trust. Do I trust you enough to go there? – Neil LaBute
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
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
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
