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

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

In a relationship you have to open yourself up.
Neil LaBute

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.
Neil LaBute

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

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.
Neil LaBute

People have perhaps gotten to the point where for the most part movies are a just bit of escape.
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

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

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

Unrequited love is always a great thing.
Neil LaBute

We humans are a fairly barbarous bunch.
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

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

Without In The Company of Men, I could still be teaching, so who knows if this would've existed.
Neil LaBute

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