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

— Shia LaBeouf

Movies

All Quotes by Shia LaBeouf

“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 comic book world is a tough business.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Business

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Dad

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Car

“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

“My family, my parents are hippies.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Family

“I'm not an Adonis, that's for damn sure. I've never really thought of myself that way, and it doesn't matter to me. My favorite actors aren't Adonises. Dustin Hoffman is a flawed-looking man he's amazing to me. Tom Hanks is flawed-looking people love him. Same with Gene Hackman.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Amazing

“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 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

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Family

“At this point I have enough money to live 25 lifetimes. You couldn't spend the money I've accrued now.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Money

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Positive

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Cool

“So it's kind of nervous to be in this situation, but at the same time you look at all those actors and the work that they've done, I've been in bigger films than all of them and still kept my integrity and still kept my respect.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Respect

“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

“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

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Amazing

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Mom

“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

“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