Neil LaBute
Neil LaBute
Neil N. LaBute is an American film director, screenwriter, playwright and actor. He is most likely known for his first film, based on a play he wrote, In the Company of Men, which won awards from the Sundance Film Festival, the Independent Spirit Awards and the New York Film Critics Circle. He has also written and directed the films Possession, The Shape of Things, The Wicker Man, Some Velvet Morning, Dirty Weekend, and directed the films Nurse Betty, Lakeview Terrace,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionDirector
Date of Birth19 March 1963
CountryUnited States of America
And with Aaron, I'd have to find a reason not to work with him.
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.
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.
We humans are a fairly barbarous bunch.
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.
I wanted to tell a story that interested me as much in the telling as in the watching.
I would be more frightened as a writer if people thought my movies were like science fiction.
People have perhaps gotten to the point where for the most part movies are a just bit of escape.
Everyone has a story.
I was always looking for the most dramatic emphasis.
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.
Everybody has the ability to be manipulative, to be hateful and deceitful.
I make movies I want to see.
If we put the camera on ourselves, our friends and neighbors, we'll come up with some scary stuff.