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" I think every young actor in Los Angeles went up for that role. It was between Frankie Muniz and me, and he pulled out, so I got the role. "
Shia LaBeouf
Me
Young
Up
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" I'm not that smooth. "
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" 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. "
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" I have a hard time with free time. "
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" I am trying to impress myself. I have yet to do it. "
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" My life is okay, my life is pretty good. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" We did this two-week boot camp before we filmed the movie. I got to know everybody in the group and we became friends. We got really tight throughout those two weeks. "
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" 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. "
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" People were going to geometry class and I was swimming through vats of chili on 'Even Stevens.' It was like a dream! "
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" I have a great house. "
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" Have you ever noticed how most critics disagree with the public? That should tell you a lot about critics. "
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" The best movies are simple. "
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" I like messing around, and I like working with artists who I respect. "
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" I used to dirt bike a lot. I can't do that anymore. Can't eat a whole lot of chocolate anymore, either. I can't be in 'Indiana Jones' and be a fatso! "
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" And I'm not a personality; otherwise I'd be coming out with an album, performing on MTV. All that stuff is possible and I can do that tomorrow. I just have no need. "
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" Animation has completely changed, and I've always been a big fan. "
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" Old Americana vintage gangster stuff has a fantastical feel; it feels less dirty in a way. It feels like the opera of crime. "
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" I'm a little territorial and defensive. I don't like having my space invaded. "
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" I didn't read the book on how to be a well-adjusted celebrity. "
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" People are still emulating the old fashioned criminal. "
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" 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. "
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" I go to sleep at night, and I feel like I just dreamed the whole day. "
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" Knowledge about the economy, ideas about capitalism and government, the future of the world and geopolitics were things I was never really interested in. "
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" 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. "
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