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" Nobody makes movies like Oliver Stone. "
Shia LaBeouf
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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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" Well, you don't make any demands to Steven Spielberg. "
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" People are still emulating the old fashioned criminal. "
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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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" I feel like I'm really honest in my interviews, to a fault. I've lost friends over it. Major friends. And I'm heartbroken about that. "
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" No, I was an unknown when I walked in that room. He didn't know who I was from a fly on the wall. "
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" I come from divorce. I'm only doing marriage once. It's not a game for me. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" Clubs are so lame. Nobody even dances at these clubs. They stand around and get drunk and they schmooze. There is no enjoyment factor. "
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" When people ask me about my story, I just go through the positive stuff: the tent-pole moments, the big landmark checkpoints. "
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" I come from French Cajun Jewish people. "
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" So it's kind of nervous to be in this situation, but at the same time you look at all those actors and the work that they've done, I've been in bigger films than all of them and still kept my integrity and still kept my respect. "
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" You can't have bank holding companies acting as hedge funds. You can't have them taking a million-dollar pension plan for Joe Schmo the bus driver and treat it with the same risk appetite that you treat George Soros' pocket money. It's fundamentally ridiculous. "
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" If I had more recreation time I would be able to step back and reflect on how life has changed. But it has been like a constant... boom, boom, boom, boom, boom! "
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