Neil LaBute Quotes

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.

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

I make movies I want to see.

I get a bunch of productions in, like, Germany and Poland . . . It doesn’t matter, places.

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

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

MAN No doubt about that—I can’t even call ’em girls without getting hit by a lawsuit, so … (Grins.) You’re a librarian? WOMAN Yeah. Well, we don’t really use that term anymore, but, ahh … MAN Sure, of...

You thank your heavenly father for giving you strength to stand up to his trials and figure there must be a plan behind it all, a reason for so much pain and you just…go on.

In a relationship you have to open yourself up.

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 discussio...

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.

Look, you’re not French, let’s face it . . . and who wants to be, anyway, in this day and age? Being French is way past cool.

MAN 3 . . . fuck, I’m glad I’m a guy! You know? MAN 5 Yeah, why’s that? Pause. MAN 3 . . . because then I don’t have to date ’em.

WRITER Actors come and go, pal—you guys are the furniture, okay? What I write is the house. Let’s not get all precious about it . . .

I mean, I’m as fucked up and miserable as the next person, but I don’t let it get me down. You know?

You're crossing the ocean on a wooden ship. One of the boards rots, so you replace it with another that you've stored on your hold. It is still the same ship? Most people will agree that it is. But wh...

Listen, I speak from experience when I say . . . just because some man doesn’t have one does not necessarily mean that he can’t be one.

WAITRESS 1 What do I hope for in a guy? Everything . . . Pause. WAITRESS 1 What do I expect? Not much . . . Pause. WAITRESS 1 What’ll I take? Usually . . . anything . . .

I thought maybe you were different, but you ended up being the same kind of lame guy that I perpetually date, and it just freaks me out a little. That maybe you’re the only type out there. These baby...

CARTER It’s whatever. Truth. People are not comfortable with difference. You know? Fags, retards, cripples. Fat people. Old folks, even. They scare us or something.