Filthy Talk for Troubled Times and Other Plays Quotes

“WRITER Right, but no offense, you guys eat dogs for lunch and many of us in the West here find that disgusting, so . . . ACTOR I’m not Korean, you prick! I’m of Chinese descent but I was born in Idaho! I-da-ho. You got that? / My God . . .”
― Neil LaBute, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: And Other Plays

“What’s the South African thing that I always mix up with “apathy”? (Thinks.) “Apartheid!” That wasn’t me, so just get down off your high horse, okay?”
― Neil LaBute, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: And Other Plays

“WRITER So, go on then, get all smart about it—can you deny what I’m saying? Huh? Jesus was not some . . . Indonesian guy! He just wasn’t. ACTOR I’m not Indonesian! Jesus Christ!”
― Neil LaBute, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: And Other Plays

“WRITER Actors come and go, pal—you guys are the furniture, okay? What I write is the house. Let’s not get all precious about it . . .”
― Neil LaBute, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: And Other Plays

“Look, you’re not French, let’s face it . . . and who wants to be, anyway, in this day and age? Being French is way past cool.”
― Neil LaBute, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: And Other Plays

“I get a bunch of productions in, like, Germany and Poland . . . It doesn’t matter, places.”
― Neil LaBute, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: And Other Plays

“WAITRESS 1 What do I hope for in a guy? Everything . . . Pause. WAITRESS 1 What do I expect? Not much . . . Pause. WAITRESS 1 What’ll I take? Usually . . . anything . . .”
― Neil LaBute, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: And Other Plays

“WAITRESS 2 Then, the topper . . . an elbow to the ribs . . . “Hey, you make it?” Really sensitive, like we’ve got a fucking recipe for an orgasm!”
― Neil LaBute, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: And Other Plays

“I mean, I’m as fucked up and miserable as the next person, but I don’t let it get me down. You know?”
― Neil LaBute, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: And Other Plays

“WAITRESS 1 Actually, the last thing I want is to be alone, but . . . the other last thing is to be with someone.”
― Neil LaBute, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: And Other Plays

“Listen, I speak from experience when I say . . . just because some man doesn’t have one does not necessarily mean that he can’t be one.”
― Neil LaBute, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: And Other Plays

“MAN 3 . . . fuck, I’m glad I’m a guy! You know? MAN 5 Yeah, why’s that? Pause. MAN 3 . . . because then I don’t have to date ’em.”
― Neil LaBute, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: And Other Plays

“What the fuck do I mean? I mean . . . (Beat.) Well, I, shit, I dunno! But you see what I’m getting at, don’t you?”
― Neil LaBute, Filthy Talk for Troubled Times: And Other Plays