Shia LaBeouf is finally ready to open up about the struggles that kept him out of the Hollywood spotlight these last few years.
In a recent interview with MTV News, the 33-year-old star made it clear he has never been more self-aware and grateful for his career and well-being than he is now, saying “he’s never felt better.”
“I’ve never had my feet as firmly planted in the floor as I do now,” LaBeouf told MTV’s, Josh Horowitz. “I’ve never felt more human. I am very aware of how lucky I am. I am on my ninth life.”
LaBeouf had been missing from Hollywood for the past five years, plagued by rumors of strange behavior and arrests but now he has two upcoming movies being released.
The first film, “Honey Boy” (which premiered in January at the Sundance Film Festival) is a movie LaBeouf wrote while in rehab and therapy, which he credits for having saved his life and career.
They were throwing dirt on my back,” he said. “I was totally lost. And quite apathetic to my whole craft and my life. Really like bottom barrel for me, which is what I needed. I wasn’t going to stop doing what I was doing until that happened to me.”
He added, “Some people are just really stubborn. I am one of those.”
Shia’s other film role is in a new movie called “The Peanut Butter Falcon” (which premiered at SXSW) and is also due to be released this summer.
LaBeouf has spent some of his time building his nearly year old, free performing arts program which is located at the Slauson Rec Theater Company, a place Shia calls the “heart of most marginalized area of Los Angeles.”
LaBeouf is ready to return to the spotlight with a renewed vigor.
The Peanut Butter Falcon opens Aug. 9. Honey Boy is scheduled to be released Nov. 8 by Amazon Studios.
