“Talent is to actors what luck is to card players. Its not really anything; its just a fictitious word that people have created and labeled things. Talent is like, you know, I never really believed in talent, I believed in drive and determination and preparation, but talent is sort of like luck.” PeopleKnowsActorsPlayerTalentLike YouDeterminationLuckCardsPreparationDrive And Determination Author:Shia LaBeouf
“The big thing for actors is the level of commitment. So, if you know something's already happened, there's not a whole lot of whys and hows that go down. You just innately commit 'cause it happened. It does help with commitment.” IfsKnowsDoeWholeHelpingBigsActorsCausesLevelsHappenedCommitmentCommitBig Things Author:Shia LaBeouf
“There is no grand strategy. My sensibilities push me in a certain direction. Other actors have different sensibilities. That's all. I think it really is that simple. There's no grand strategy. There are so many variables that I have no control over. I sign on to movies I want to watch, as a fan.” ThinkingWantDifferentCertainActorsSimpleWatchesFansStrategySensibilityVariables Author:Shia LaBeouf
“Oh yeah, I'm the president of the lucky club. There are so many talented people who don't work. And the crop of young actors I'm surrounded by is incredible. When you have people like that around you it amps you up a little bit. Also, Emile Hirsch and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, or guys like Ryan Gosling. It's a really good crowd and I feel I'm coming up at a good time. But equally, there's a lot of good young actors who don't get to work who are more talented than I. I'm just lucky.” PeopleFeelsLittlesYoungGuyActorsBitsPresidentLuckyLittle BitYeahIncrediblesCrowdsClubsGood TimesCropsYoung Actors Author:Shia LaBeouf
“If you can mix Hilary Duff and Gary Oldman into the same actor, that's my goal. I know it's strange to think about, but that's the goal.” IfsThinkingKnowsActorsGoalStrangeGary Author:Shia LaBeouf
“There's beauty in people who reinvent themselves. Actors live a thousand lives, as do hackers ... the personality can play around forever.” PeoplePlayActorsForeverPersonalityThousandHackers Author:Shia LaBeouf
“To be an actor, a true actor, you have to be brokenhearted.” ActorsBrokenhearted Author:Shia LaBeouf
“I turned down a scholarship to Yale. The problem with college is that there's a tendency to mistake preparation for productivity. You can prepare all you want, but if you never roll the dice you'll never be successful.” IfsWantInspirationalProblemMotivationalActorsActingMistakeSuccessfulCollegeProductivityTendenciesPreparationBeing SuccessfulScholarshipDiceYaleTurned DownCollege Success Author:Shia LaBeouf
“I think every young actor in Los Angeles went up for that role. It was between Frankie Muniz and me, and he pulled out, so I got the role.” ThinkingYoungActorsRolesLos AngelesLoserYoung Actors Author:Shia LaBeouf
“As an actor, the minute you start getting real in interviews, you lose mystery.” RealActorsLosesMysteryMinutesInterviews Author:Shia LaBeouf
“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.” GuyFightingActorsInterestingProudToughTough Guy Author:Shia LaBeouf
“The big thing for actors is the level of commitment.” BigsActorsLevelsCommitmentBig Things Author:Shia LaBeouf
“The hardest thing in acting is going from child actor to adult actor. It's taken me a long time.” ChildrenLongActorsActingTakenLong TimeAdultsHardestHardest ThingChild Actors Author:Shia LaBeouf
“I've learned a great deal about a certain type of filmmaking. But I have ambitions toward another type of filmmaking that I haven't been allowed to engage in yet.” CertainActorsDealsHavensTypeAmbitionI've LearnedMovieFilmmaking Author:Shia LaBeouf
“And if you're a golfer and you watch a golf film and Matt Damon swing, and it's not great, then you're not going to believe in the golf story, you're not going to believe in the rest of the film. That's the whole movie, so if that swing looks like crap, the movie's crap.” IfsBelieveLooksWholeStoriesFilmActorsWatchesGolfMovieSwingsCrapGolfersDamon Author:Shia LaBeouf
“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.” PeopleMenWayMatterActorsMy FavoriteDamnGenesTomsFlawed Author:Shia LaBeouf
“If people perceive you as a good actor then they'll wish for you to be a good actor and they'll root for you when they watch you, but if you come out and you're going to clubs every night people don't root for you anymore.” PeopleIfsNightActorsWishWatchesRootsClubsPerceiveEvery NightGood Actors Author:Shia LaBeouf
“We did this two-week boot camp before we filmed the movie. I got to know everybody in the group and we became friends. We got really tight throughout those two weeks.” KnowsTwoActorsGroupsWeekMovieCampsBootsTwo WeeksBoot Camp Author:Shia LaBeouf
