Shia LaBeouf

“My generation will actually be the first generation that is tamer than the one that came before it, and it will probably be poorer; less fun and less money.”

“Hey, I'm a human being also.”

“I wasn't cocky, just confident; I went to an all black school, a white kid.”

“I've spent more on my Dodger tickets that I did on my car.”

“I'm an actor, but I'm an artist.”

“I was always raised on cowboy films, and then when I could start making choices about the movies I wanted to watch I found myself wanting to watch gangster films which were slightly more sophisticated than the baseline stuff that was in westerns.”

“I don't have to live this lavish lifestyle.”

“The hardest thing in acting is going from child actor to adult actor. It's taken me a long time.”

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

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

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

“Oh, I've been in love with every woman I've ever worked with.”

“If you asked an 18-year-old what they want to do with their life, and the options are 'Transformers' or Lars von Trier, he's probably shipping out for 'Transformers.' If you ask a 26-year-old what he wants to do, 'Transformers' or Lars von Trier, he'd probably pick Lars von Trier. So, my sensibilities are changing as I change.”

“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.”

“I'm not that smooth.”

“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.”

“I'd love to go to school and have a normal life, but I don't see any professor at Yale being able to teach me more than Steven Spielberg.”

“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.”

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

“A relationship to me is never about the romance.”