I wanted to make these people real, not like they were in a painting. Like these are people who don't know they're in a period movie. Those concerns are incredibly immediate. — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
You start as an audience member and create a world you're interested in, and then you move into the telling of those stories, bringing what has interested you as an audience member. — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
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… — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
And I've got some screenplays and plays ready to dip into when I need to. — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
I think Christine and Chad are on the opposite extremes of the spectrum. Christine is a model victim, and Chad is a model perpetrator,… — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
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.… — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
People have perhaps gotten to the point where for the most part movies are a just bit of escape. — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction. — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
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… — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
I was always looking for the most dramatic emphasis. One example would be the letter writing, or the reading of the letters. If you… — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
Relationships in general make people a bit nervous. It's about trust. Do I trust you enough to go there? — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
If we put the camera on ourselves, our friends and neighbors, we'll come up with some scary stuff. — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
I wanted to tell a story that interested me as much in the telling as in the watching. — Neil LaBute Copy Share Image
