Shia LaBoeuf Q&A

With Bobby, Transformers and A Guide To Recognising Your Saints, you’re having a good year…
It’s five movies this year. I’m blessed that I’m working, but… Yeah, man. I’m kind of exhausted. I can’t wait to get the fuck out of here and go on vacation to tell you the truth!

What was it like acting with so many great stars in Bobby?
Bobby was like a circus. It was a crazy, crazy situation. We were surrounded by great actors – it’s like playing in the all-star game. You wouldn’t want to be anywhere else as an actor. When you see Hopkins on set, you know you’re making a sick movie. When people feel like they’re making a sick movie, sick movies get made. I swear to God.

Did Anthony Hopkins impress you the most?
He’s probably the one I spoke to the least. Because he’s a legend, you know? You don’t really talk to that person about his favourite football team or, ‘What d’you eat last night for dinner?’ You just don’t go up to Hopkins and ask him stupid fucking questions. You got to prepare that, you know? You’re gonna have Hopkins thinking about that for, like, three days. So I spoke to him the least because I just didn’t have enough days to prepare my questions.

What about Bay?
Michael is just as attached to his films. He’s a tough-ass and he’s hard. Nobody knows action like Michael. Fact. He lives and breathes it. It’s not opinion-based. Emotion’s not the most important aspect in his film. He can’t cater to actors. He hasn’t got the time. He needs to be able to shout at the actors like they’re just another crewmember. We turn up ready to go to war…

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