“People think that their vote counts. They go to college, and everything gets mixed up. People stop caring, ... They raise the gas prices, but what the Everyman makes and welfare never seem to keep up. The HMO system is so ridiculous. I'm slightly educated. No one wants to hear what Hilary Duff thinks of the economy.” PeopleThinkingWantSeemsEconomyCollegeVoteRaisesCaringRidiculousEducatedWelfareGasGas PricesEverymanStop Caring Author:Shia LaBeouf
“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
“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
“I've learned to be more reserved, watch what I'm saying; I got in a little bit of trouble. People tell me 'Never lose that, never lose that,' but then I get in trouble so I have to lose it. I'm trying to keep a little bit; I'm never going to lose who I am, I just gotta tone it down a little bit.” PeopleTryingLittlesBitsLosesWatchesTroubleLittle BitWho I AmToneI've LearnedReserved 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
“I'm still in the middle of the transition. I'm still in man-boy mode. And that won't go away for a while. But it's a fun time to be in, because it's very rare that people get to work through this time. It's rare to see a John Cusack in Say Anything. It's rare that you'd find an actor right in the cusp of the child-to adult transition, just got through puberty, just getting into a different way of life. There's few movies like that, and few roles like that, so it's going to be tough to pick and choose. I guess the goal is good people, work with good people.” PeopleDifferentFunGoalToughGoing AwayGood PeopleSay AnythingPubertyFun Times Author:Shia LaBeouf
“Sometimes perception is almost more important than the skill level of an actor. And if you give too much away, you have nothing to take for yourself and put onscreen. If people feel like they know you too well, they won't be able to indentify with the character you're trying to portray. Or they'll feel that you're just playing yourself, and then you just become a personality actor. And that's the death of any actor.” PeopleGivingTryingImportantSometimesCharacterPersonalityPerception Author:Shia LaBeouf
“People were going to geometry class and I was swimming through vats of chili on 'Even Stevens.' It was like a dream!” PeopleDreamClassSwimmingGeometryChiliVat Author:Shia LaBeouf
“A lot of people like to think that golf is a lazy man's sport. Or it's a rich man's sport, or it's a sport that they can't be involved in.” PeopleThinkingMenSportsRichInvolvedGolfLazyRich ManLazy Man Author:Shia LaBeouf
“I've never been able to learn from other people's mistakes - I'm not that smart - so I usually learn by trial by fire.” PeopleAbleMistakeFireSmartTrials Author:Shia LaBeouf
“People are still emulating the old fashioned criminal.” PeopleStillsCriminalsOld Fashioned Author:Shia LaBeouf
“When you're working with the best of the best, I'm not gonna put that on hold so I can work with people who studied the best of the best.” PeopleI CanBest Of The Best Author:Shia LaBeouf
“I think penguins are the most human of all the birds, which may be why people love them. They're cute, they stand upright and they look like they're wearing tuxedos.” PeopleThinkingHumansLooksMayBirdCutePenguinsTuxedos 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
“There's a form of selling out. It's necessary. You have to become edible for people in Texas. You have to become edible for the Christian right, for mass audiences.” PeopleChristianFormAudienceMassSellingTexasSelling OutChristian Right Author:Shia LaBeouf
“But this is a little different. This is the adult acting. This is a different crowd. It's more work and more good work. That's it. People will have their opinion regardless.” PeopleLittlesDifferentActingOpinionAdultsCrowdsGood Work Author:Shia LaBeouf
