I am seriously crushing on Shia LaBeouf. I know he is too young for me. But I can't help it. Did you see Disturbia? That did it for me. He is really growing up to be a good looking, humble, talented young man! I wish I never saw Holes.
Shia was recently interviewed by Indie London and talked about his rise to fame. He even told the interviewer that his name means "Thank God for Beef". What? Read below to find out what I mean.
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Q. You've rapidly become something of a shooting star?
Shia LaBeouf: I'm just an actor for hire, man.
Q. Is it difficult to process how fast you've risen in terms of the Hollywood A-list?
Shia LaBeouf: Oh yeah, I'm the president of the lucky club. There are so many talented people who don't work. And the crop of young actors I'm surrounded by is incredible. You look at Jamie Bell, he's an ace; the dude is incredible. You watch him in Billy Elliot and it's like: "F***, I can't keep... " When you have people like that around you it amps you up a little bit. Also, Emile Hirsch and Joseph Gordon-Levitt, or guys like Ryan Gosling. It's a really good crowd and I feel I'm coming up at a good time. But equally, there's a lot of good young actors who don't get to work who are more talented than I. I'm just lucky.
Q. You have been described as the "face of new Hollywood" and are now working with the likes of Steven Spielberg. Is that something you now have to take on board when approaching projects?
Shia LaBeouf: No, that's too much weight, that's crazy thinking. I haven't accepted any of this yet. It all seems like the craziest thing in the world. I'm a kid from Echo Park and I shouldn't be working with Steven [Spielberg]. I mean it's wild when Steven becomes Steven. And "hey Harrison [Ford]". That's crazy to me as well. My dad didn't give a shit about movies, ever. He doesn't care about any of this stuff, which helps to maintain normality. But then when I tell him something like: "We were training today and Harrison pulled out the whip and started doing whip training... [for Indiana Jones IV]" My dad went nuts because Harrison is a modern day Steve McQueen. So that makes my dad proud of all of this and it's a great feeling.
Q. Do you have French heritage?
Shia LaBeouf: Yeah, by dad's Cajun. I have a cool lineage, a good group of people. I'm Jewish so I was named after my grandfather. Shia means "gift from God" and LaBeouf means "the beef" so my name means "thank God for beef!" [Laughs]
Q. Where do you see yourself in 30 years?
Shia LaBeouf: Train conductor [laughs], bag man at the grocery store... that's the stuff I dream about. I don't go to bed at night and dream about these fantastic things that normal people dream about... I dream about real, normal sh$% such as fixing motorcycles because it's just not accessible at this point. That's stuff I can't have, so that's the stuff I dream about.
Click here to read the rest of the interview.
UPDATE: Click here to watch an SNL skit where Mia has a thing for him. SO FUNNY!