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Filthy Talk for Troubled Times and Other Plays QUOTES

Filthy Talk for Troubled Times and Other Plays QUOTES

1 " 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

2 " 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

3 " 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

4 " 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

5 " 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

6 " 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

7 " 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

8 " 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

9 " 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

10 " 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

11 " 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

12 " 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

13 " 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