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."

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“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.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Hope

All Quotes by Shia LaBeouf

“A relationship to me is never about the romance.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Relationship

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Amazing

“I don't know, I just want to be happy. I could be in a hole somewhere. Or I could completely lose it and be some hippy living in the woods with my dad.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Dad

“I've had to deal with all different types of situations - positive and negative and extremes of both.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Positive

“Nobody makes movies like Oliver Stone.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Movies

“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 come from divorce. I'm only doing marriage once. It's not a game for me.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Marriage

“I want my audience to know me for my work, not because of who I'm dating or what drugs I'm on or what club I went to.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Dating

“I'm a video game fan, and I always thought it would be cool to be able to control a character.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Cool

“Knowledge about the economy, ideas about capitalism and government, the future of the world and geopolitics were things I was never really interested in.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Future

“The best movies are simple.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Movies

“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.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Relationship

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Money

“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

“My mom is the backbone not just of my family but of many families.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Family

“My first car, I got it in an auction at my temple. It was an '86 Volvo that I got for 500 bucks, and then wound up throwing $10,000 into the stereo system and put TVs in the foot rests. It was the most ridiculous Volvo you'd ever seen, but I had never had money before and I was out of my mind.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Car

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

— Shia LaBeouf

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.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Cool

“What's cool is when you're able to give your audience imagination and you don't have to cage them in like animals.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Cool

“My family's lineage is five generations of artists who never made it.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Family