“On him, it's cute. On me, it wasn't” - Shia LaBeouf laments reputational differences between him and Timothée Chalamet 

The Honey Boy star, Shia LaBeouf, in an interview with The Hollywood Reporter, opened up about the reputational differences between himself and Timothée Chalamet, who won the Best Actor award at the Screen Actors' Guild Awards on February 23, 2025. Not to mention, Chalamet made SAG history as he became the youngest actor to win in the Best Actor category.

The 38-year-old Shia, who, besides being an actor, is also a filmmaker, discussed how he shares a similar interest with Chalamet in achieving greatness as an actor. The Transformers star, while talking about Timothée's acceptance speech at the 2025 SAG awards, said:

"I hear Timothée Chalamet get up and he says something like, 'I want to be great. I so know the feeling. On him, it’s cute. On me, it wasn’t cute. You know what I’m saying?"

LaBeouf, who is married to actress Mia Goth, welcomed their first child, a daughter, Isabel, in 2022. He began his acting career on television in the Disney TV show Even Stevens, eventually shifting to movies. As a filmmaker, he made a bunch of short films. He garnered major recognition and commercial success after starring in Michael Bay's sci-fi action film Transformers franchise.

The Peanut Butter Falcon actor, LaBeouf, during the interview with The Hollywood Reporter, referred to Timothée Chalamet's acceptance speech at the SAG Awards, where the Call Me by Your Name actor made it quite clear that he wants to be one of the great actors of all time. Chalamet, in his acceptance speech at the SAG awards, said:

"I know we're in a subjective business, but I'm really in pursuit of greatness. People don't usually talk like this, but I want to be one of the greats,I know we're in a subjective business, but I'm really in pursuit of greatness. People don't usually talk like this, but I want to be one of the greats. I'm inspired by the greats. I'm inspired by the greats here tonight," the Wonka actor continued in his speech. "I'm as inspired by Daniel Day-Lewis, Marlon Brando, and Viola Davis as I am by Michael Jordan and Michael Phelps, and I want to be up there."

Shia LaBeouf talks about his drive for artistic excellence

The Lawless actor, LaBeouf, during his interview with The Hollywood Reporter, besides lamenting about the reputational differences between himself and Timothée Chalamet, also talked about creating meaningful works of art and his own ambition to reach artistic excellence. Shia said:

"Man, I’ve been searching for a long time. I’m really like a pure actor. When I was young, I didn’t think that I required much help to do what I do. I was completely narcissistic and fearful and had a lack of trust. I’ve been under the tutelage of a lot of dudes who tried to mentor me, but I just didn’t trust them, or didn’t like what they made or whatever."

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When Labeouf was asked if he considered himself a narcissist, the actor replied by saying:

"To get into this field, there’s a certain level of ego — a certain ego sickness that gets you into acting. And now I’m trying to figure out what the healthy version of that looks like."

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