Quotes from Shia LaBeouf

I got kicked out of every school I ever went to.

I was the only white kid in my neighborhood for most of my youth even in high school, so reverse racism was just as apparent as racism.

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.

Clubs are so lame. Nobody even dances at these clubs. They stand around and get drunk and they schmooze. There is no enjoyment factor.

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.

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.

I like messing around, and I like working with artists who I respect.

Once you make a studio 700 million dollars or so, or whatever the insane number is, then they finally seem to trust you, no matter how off-the-wall your project is.

When people ask me about my story, I just go through the positive stuff: the tent-pole moments, the big landmark checkpoints.

I think envy motivates a lot of people.

My dad is a motorcycle guy, not some Hollywood dude.

We're living through the twilight of American economic dominance.

I like the dark, mysterious, maybe even gothic type girls. They have to have a good personality too! I'm very picky!

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.

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

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

I'm not a strikingly handsome guy, but I'm in movies.

As an actor, the minute you start getting real in interviews, you lose mystery.

Look, you're on the set for six months, with someone who's rooting to be attracted to you, and you're rooting to be attracted to them. I never understood the separation of work and life in that situation. But the time I spent with Megan was our own thing.

It's very weird because the 'It' guy usually is not the 'It' guy next year or even a guy that anyone is talking about.

My neighborhood was rough, but I live a great life now. I don't fight that much now. I don't look for it anyway, but if someone hits your mother, whether you're a star, an accountant, or an astronaut or anything... I mean it's your mother, so I lost my mind.

None of my friends were ever as broke as I was.

Have you ever noticed how most critics disagree with the public? That should tell you a lot about critics.

I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work.