Neil LaBute Quotes
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Normally, I rely heavily on my director to massage me out of my actor comfort zones.
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People don't like to vote against something that's so incredibly popular.
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Male critics and men in the publishing industry want from their women writers what they want from their wives. I'm interested in presenting characters that are more challenging, threatening, complicated and unpredictable.
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The great thing about 'The Office' and it being single-camera and the documentary style is that it's mostly a comedy, but 10 percent of it is, we get to show the existential angst that exists in the American workplace.
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A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience.
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No, I didn't work it out upside down, I never turned it around.
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I've been fascinated by Machiavelli since I was very young. I've always felt that he had a bad rap from history, and that he was actually a person quite unlike what we now think of as Machiavellian. He was a republican. He disliked totalitarian government.
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I technically have two last names, which is a lot of fun when you're making airline reservations.
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I love books.
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I love singing some Johnny Cash, which is interesting because it's in a guy's key; I love singing Elvis Presley.
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In fact, because of their connection to the land, farmers do more to protect and preserve our environment than almost anyone else. They are some of the best environmentalists around.
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I actually did not have a date to my prom. I ended up taking a friend.
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My bedroom is my sanctuary. It's like a refuge, and it's where I do a fair amount of designing - at least conceptually, if not literally.
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Playing a plainer role means everything is dependent on the credentials of the actor, not the fact that they are as pretty as Julia Roberts. People start to look at their talent rather than their appearance. And playing the ugly part often means less time in the make-up chair, which is a great benefit on set.
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Every role is easy. As an actor it is my job to make my job easy. If I start hyperventilating about my roles, then how will I do it? So, with all my roles, somewhere I feel comfortable about them, and that is why I play them.
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People's lives have to change as a result of this legislation.
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Speed is more important than endurance in the decathlon.
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Right now I'm on my God flow, you know what I mean? I got Job 1:21 tattooed on my chest.
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I turn up in Los Angeles every now and then, so I can get some big money films in order to finance my smaller money films.
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With my fiction, I focused on chapters and overall conceptions, while in poetry, I crawled along in the trenches of each sentence, examining every word for a sign of a deeper significance.
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When you offer a vibration, the Universal forces are working in concert with each other in order to satisfy you. You really are the center of the Universe.
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I don't like guys who will lie down and take it. I want someone who'll fight back. I like people who can argue well.
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I was always looking for the most dramatic emphasis.
