Shia LaBeouf
Shia LaBeouf
Shia Saide LaBeouf is an American actor, performance artist, and director who became known among younger audiences as Louis Stevens in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens. LaBeouf received a Young Artist Award nomination in 2001 and won a Daytime Emmy Award in 2003 for his role. He made his film debut in Holes, based on the novel of the same name by Louis Sachar. In 2004, he made his directorial debut with the short film Let's Love Hate and...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth11 June 1986
CityLos Angeles, CA
CountryUnited States of America
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.
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.
I've had to deal with all different types of situations - positive and negative and extremes of both.
Copying isn’t particularly creative work. Being inspired by someone else’s idea to produce something new and different IS creative work.
I'm not a celebrity, I've kind of been under the radar, has kept it easier for me to maintain a career.
I like messing around, and I like working with artists who I respect.
I'm Richie Rich. I land in New York, secretly thinking I'm like the coolest guy in the world.
I'm a call-sheet junkie. I love being on set. So, the hardest thing for me is dealing with all this idle time. That's when I get into trouble.
Oh, I've been in love with every woman I've ever worked with.
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.
Actors live dependent on being validated by other people's opinions. I don't understand what it is I do that people want. I don't know what an actor does. I have no credentials. I don't know what I'm doing.
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.
Sometimes perception is almost more important than the skill level of an actor.
Well, there's different shades of Hollywood, sure. I mean, I'm working in this business but I'm not Hollywood.