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."

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Mom

All Quotes by Shia LaBeouf

“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 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

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Money

“You can't have bank holding companies acting as hedge funds. You can't have them taking a million-dollar pension plan for Joe Schmo the bus driver and treat it with the same risk appetite that you treat George Soros' pocket money. It's fundamentally ridiculous.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Money

“The best movies are simple.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Movies

“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 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 generation will actually be the first generation that is tamer than the one that came before it, and it will probably be poorer less fun and less money.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Money

“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

“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

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Car

“My family, my parents are hippies.”

— Shia LaBeouf

Family

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Positive

“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

“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

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

— Shia LaBeouf

Marriage

“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