“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
“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
“I grew up around a lot of aggressive guys. My parents used to take me to AA meetings when I was very young. So I know aggression, I know insanity.” KnowsYoungUsedGuyParentGrewGrew UpMeetingsInsanityTake MeAggressiveAggressionAa Meeting Author:Shia LaBeouf
“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.” KnowsWantAudienceDrugDatingClubsKnow Me Author:Shia LaBeouf
“It's really easy to fall for someone on-set, but in the end you know, it's a representative and it's not really them.” KnowsEndsFallEasyRepresentatives Author:Shia LaBeouf
“No, I was an unknown when I walked in that room. He didn't know who I was from a fly on the wall.” KnowsRoomsWall Author:Shia LaBeouf
“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.” KnowsWorldLongWould BeFatherHouseDadDrugLong TimeMy DadSellingCracksHospitalsSelling Drugs Author:Shia LaBeouf
“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.” KnowsWantFatherLosesDadMy DadWoodsHolesWant To Be HappyI Just Want To Be HappyJust Want To Be Happy Author:Shia LaBeouf
“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.” IfsKnowsFirstsLittlesCountryWholeBigsFatherBitsEnjoyClassDadLittle BitMy DadHotelJetFirst ClassPrivate Jet Author:Shia LaBeouf
“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.” KnowsDifferentIssuesTypeLifestyleMinimumSuburbsJolly 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
“You never really meet a human being until you live with them or know them for awhile, so this is my clown and they understand that and so these interviews don't bother them.” KnowsHumansHuman BeingsBotherInterviewsClown Author:Shia LaBeouf
“There's a way to do an acid trip like Harold & Kumar, and there's a way to be on acid. What I know of acting, Sean Penn actually strapped up to that electric chair in Dead Man Walking. These are the guys that I look up to.” KnowsMenWayLooksGuyActingWalkingLook UpChairsElectricAcidDead ManSeanElectric ChairAcid Trip Author:Shia LaBeouf
