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.”

“Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful.”

“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.”

“Everyone has a story.”

“I see bits and pieces of me in all the characters in my films.”

“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.”

“I didn't choose BYU, I like to think it chose me.”

“Unrequited love is always a great thing.”

“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.”

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

“I wanted to tell a story that interested me as much in the telling as in the watching.”

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”