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" I didn't jump onto anyone else's coattail and ride their wave. "
Shia LaBeouf
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" 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. "
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" The hardest thing in acting is going from child actor to adult actor. It's taken me a long time. "
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" I turned down a scholarship to Yale. The problem with college is that there's a tendency to mistake preparation for productivity. You can prepare all you want, but if you never roll the dice you'll never be successful. "
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" I trained more than anybody ever in a golf film ever made - my swing is pretty hot. "
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" 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. "
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