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."

“I've spent more on my Dodger tickets that I did on my car.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Car

All Quotes by Shia LaBeouf

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Movies

“My dad is a motorcycle guy, not some Hollywood dude.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Dad

“Nobody makes movies like Oliver Stone.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Movies

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Family

“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

“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

“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.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Dad

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Family

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Marriage

“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.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Change

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Relationship

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Respect

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Cool

“The comic book world is a tough business.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Business

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Money

“I've spent more on my Dodger tickets that I did on my car.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Car

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Family

“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