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."

“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

All Quotes by Shia LaBeouf

“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

“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'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

“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

“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

“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

“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

“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

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Family

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Dad

“I was in a relationship with a girl I loved 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 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 turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Money

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

— 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

“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

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Family

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Car