“I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work.”
Money
“I was always raised on cowboy films, and then when I could start making choices about the movies I wanted to watch I found myself wanting to watch gangster films which were slightly more sophisticated than the baseline stuff that was in westerns.”
MoviesAll Quotes by Shia LaBeouf
“I enjoy what I'm able to give my family.”
Family“My dad is a motorcycle guy, not some Hollywood dude.”
Dad“I come from divorce. I'm only doing marriage once. It's not a game for me.”
Marriage“The best movies are simple.”
Movies“If you asked an 18-year-old what they want to do with their life, and the options are 'Transformers' or Lars von Trier, he's probably shipping out for 'Transformers.' If you ask a 26-year-old what he wants to do, 'Transformers' or Lars von Trier, he'd probably pick Lars von Trier. So, my sensibilities are changing as I change.”
Change“My family, my parents are hippies.”
Family“When people ask me about my story, I just go through the positive stuff: the tent-pole moments, the big landmark checkpoints.”
Positive“My mom is at my house every day, and she nags me about everything, especially hygiene.”
Mom“I think, my generation, it's hard to have hope when you got a $700-trillion derivatives debt to pay and a bubble about to explode and $500 trillion worth of GDP.”
Hope“A relationship to me is never about the romance.”
Relationship“You can't have bank holding companies acting as hedge funds. You can't have them taking a million-dollar pension plan for Joe Schmo the bus driver and treat it with the same risk appetite that you treat George Soros' pocket money. It's fundamentally ridiculous.”
Money“The comic book world is a tough business.”
Business“If I have enough money to eat I'm good.”
Money“There's only so far you can take a relationship before you got to get into things that are too serious or over the top. I'm 20 years old. I was in a relationship with a girl I love for three years. Where do you go after three years? Then you've got to start thinking about other things, and I'm too young to think about those things.”
Relationship“You can't buy back your respect you can't buy back your career. You only get one, so I don't want to mess that up.”
Respect“I didn't know my dad for a long time. My dad was on drugs and my dad was at the VA Hospital, my dad was off in his own world selling drugs or using them or there would be crack heads in the house or whatever it would be.”
Dad“Knowledge about the economy, ideas about capitalism and government, the future of the world and geopolitics were things I was never really interested in.”
Future“My generation will actually be the first generation that is tamer than the one that came before it, and it will probably be poorer less fun and less money.”
Money“I've been in fights, but that doesn't make me cool or like a tough guy or more interesting actor, I'm not proud of it.”
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