Fat Pig Quotes

“I thought maybe you were different, but you ended up being the same kind of lame guy that I perpetually date, and it just freaks me out a little. That maybe you’re the only type out there. These baby boys who run around in nice clothes, but all they really wanna do is breast-feed for the rest of their days …”
― Neil LaBute, Fat Pig: A Play

“TOM Old people, though? Come on. We’re all gonna age. It’s … CARTER Not me. I hope I’m a goner before then. The elderly make me sick …”
― Neil LaBute, Fat Pig: A Play

“CARTER Come on, be honest! The thing they represent that’s so scary is what we could be, how vulnerable we all are. I mean, any of us. Some wrong gene splice, a bad backflip off the trampoline … too many cartons of Oreos! We’re all just one step away from being what frightens us. What we despise. So … we despise it when we see it in anybody else.”
― Neil LaBute, Fat Pig: A Play

“CARTER It’s whatever. Truth. People are not comfortable with difference. You know? Fags, retards, cripples. Fat people. Old folks, even. They scare us or something.”
― Neil LaBute, Fat Pig: A Play

“JEANNIE It’s not like she’s … She’s really fat, Tom! A fat sow and you know it. I can tell you’re aware by the way you’re acting, which is really the puzzling part … TOM I-like-her. End of story.”
― Neil LaBute, Fat Pig: A Play

“HELEN You, too, Tom. You’re a good man. (Kisses him back.) Good and strong and brave and … ummmm … lots of nice things … TOM … mmmmmm. I love it when you talk dirty.”
― Neil LaBute, Fat Pig: A Play

“TOM Come on! Seriously … HELEN Okay, okay … I’m … (Beat.) You have my hand there, you know. TOM Yeah, I … is that not …? HELEN It’s fine. Just wanted to ask and see if it was an accident or not. TOM Umm … no. It wasn’t, no. But … now you’re making me self-conscious.”
― Neil LaBute, Fat Pig: A Play

“WOMAN Really? Handsome guy like you and that’s all you’re good for … to look at? MAN Pretty much. WOMAN Good to know. (Opens a pudding.) You want one? MAN Nah, I shouldn’t … WOMAN Why? MAN Excellent question. Okay.”
― Neil LaBute, Fat Pig: A Play

“MAN No doubt about that—I can’t even call ’em “girls” without getting hit by a lawsuit, so … (Grins.) You’re a librarian? WOMAN Yeah. Well, we don’t really use that term anymore, but, ahh … MAN Sure, of course! It’s probably, like, “printed-word specialist” or something now, I suppose … WOMAN Exactly.”
― Neil LaBute, Fat Pig: A Play

“TOM … Go on, jump in there. (Prompts her.) Be brave.

HELEN You’re absolutely sure it’s dead, right? Because if it’s just holding its breath, then I’m …

LaBute, Neil (2004-11-29). Fat Pig: A Play (p. 27). Faber & Faber. Kindle Edition.”
― Neil LaBute, Fat Pig