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Neil LaBute

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Relationships in general make people a bit nervous. It’s about trust. Do I trust you enough to go there?
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Everyone has a little bit of Howard and Chad in them. I think there’s Christine in all men as well.
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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.
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Movies are – all I’ve found is that they’re just tougher and tougher to make.
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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 have expected him to be – taking on the responsibility of a woman who is pregnant and who used to be his best friend’s wife.
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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.
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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. Feminism has got to be part of that.
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If we put the camera on ourselves, our friends and neighbors, we’ll come up with some scary stuff.
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And with Aaron, I’d have to find a reason not to work with him.
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And I’ve got some screenplays and plays ready to dip into when I need to.
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