Shia LaBeouf in Interview Magazine November 2014
Shia LaBeouf's Candid Quotes Could Also Be His Saddest Yet
![On working with Ben Affleck on 2003's The Battle of Shaker Heights: "Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were heroes from my generation. It was a level that I didn't think I would ever attain. Ben is a really charming dude. He was the first guy who really took me off to the side and made me feel like I could do it. [He said] 'Keep your head on straight, kid, and don't let all this get to you.' He knew that I had cameras in my face and that there were expectations to perform. I think that's always been my issue. I'm prone to theatrics in my life. Ben saw that I turned reality up to 11. I was a wild man at that wrap party. Ben saw that and was trying to curb it before it became an issue. He was unsuccessful."
On working with Brad Pitt and finding religion on Fury: "I found God doing Fury. I became a Christian man, and not in a f*cking bullsh*t way — in a very real way. I could have just said the prayers that were on the page. But it was a real thing that really saved me. I had good people around me who helped me. Brad [Pitt] was really instrumental in guiding my head through this. Brad comes from a hyper-religious, very deeply Christian, Bible Belt life, and he rejected it and moved toward an unnamed spirituality. People don't know this about Brad: He's a very thoughtful actor. That's not a motherf*cker who just shows up and does the job. He puts a lot in, so you get a lot out. He's hard on himself, very hard."](https://media1.popsugar-assets.com/files/ps-image-unavailable.png "On working with Ben Affleck on 2003's The Battle of Shaker Heights: \"Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were heroes from my generation. It was a level that I didn't think I would ever attain. Ben is a really charming dude. He was the first guy who really took me off to the side and made me feel like I could do it. [He said] 'Keep your head on straight, kid, and don't let all this get to you.' He knew that I had cameras in my face and that there were expectations to perform. I think that's always been my issue. I'm prone to theatrics in my life. Ben saw that I turned reality up to 11. I was a wild man at that wrap party. Ben saw that and was trying to curb it before it became an issue. He was unsuccessful.\"
On working with Brad Pitt and finding religion on Fury: \"I found God doing Fury. I became a Christian man, and not in a f*cking bullsh*t way — in a very real way. I could have just said the prayers that were on the page. But it was a real thing that really saved me. I had good people around me who helped me. Brad [Pitt] was really instrumental in guiding my head through this. Brad comes from a hyper-religious, very deeply Christian, Bible Belt life, and he rejected it and moved toward an unnamed spirituality. People don't know this about Brad: He's a very thoughtful actor. That's not a motherf*cker who just shows up and does the job. He puts a lot in, so you get a lot out. He's hard on himself, very hard.\"")
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