Shia LaBeouf

Shia LaBeouf

45 quotes

Actor and wordsmith — Shia LaBeouf (b. 1986) is an American voice whose observations cut across disciplines. Whether reflecting on Money or Respect, Shia LaBeouf brought uncommon clarity to every subject. With 53 quotes in our library, Shia LaBeouf is among the most well-represented voices here, with thoughts on Money, Respect, Relationship, Movies, and Family. Here is a taste of their wisdom: "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."

“The comic book world is a tough business.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Business

All Quotes by Shia LaBeouf

“Well, there's different shades of Hollywood, sure. I mean, I'm working in this business but I'm not Hollywood.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Business

“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.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Cool

“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.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Respect

“I like messing around, and I like working with artists who I respect.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Respect

“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.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Money

“Nobody makes movies like Oliver Stone.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Movies

“My mom is at my house every day, and she nags me about everything, especially hygiene.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Mom

“I just wish the crowd I was associated with was more passionate about what they were doing and less consumed with the commerce of the art form.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Art

“Comics, for me, is being able to sing alone in the shower. I find it freeing. You just pick up a pen and get to it.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Alone

“When you look at golf films before us they're all - garbage or satire. A lot of sports films tend to vilify the opposition. Where the opposition becomes this big angry monster, so big you can't beat him.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Sports

“I'm not a strikingly handsome guy, but I'm in movies.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Movies

“I enjoy what I'm able to give my family.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Family

“Now my dad is with me, traveling with me and a big part of this whole thing is I like to mix it up a little bit, you know. Who gets to take their father on a private jet across the country and stay in first class hotels? So we're enjoying it, but I'd stop if it's not possible.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Dad

“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.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Relationship

“They're very, uh, you know, I don't come from the suburbs and a jolly, Disney type of lifestyle. I come from something totally different. And they're cool and bare minimum so it's not always a money issue for me.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Cool

“I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Money

“To be able to sit in Donald Trump's apartment and talk about the future of corporate real estate was amazing.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Amazing

“If I have enough money to eat I'm good.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Money

“When people ask me about my story, I just go through the positive stuff: the tent-pole moments, the big landmark checkpoints.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Positive

“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.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Movies