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 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

All Quotes by Shia LaBeouf

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Family

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

— 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

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

— 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

“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

“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

“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

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Money

“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 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 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

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Positive

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Car

“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 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 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

“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

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Business