Shia LaBeouf talks work with Steven Spielberg, Michael Bay

PanARMENIAN.Net - Shia LaBeouf gave a candid interview for his cover story on Variety's latest issue. The "Fury" actor talked about the directors he worked with in the past, making scathing comments about Steven Spielberg while singing high praise for Michael Bay, AceShowbiz said.

"I grew up with this idea, if you got to Spielberg, that's where it is," he said. "You get there, and you realize you're not meeting the Spielberg you dream of. You're meeting a different Spielberg, who is in a different stage in his career. He's less a director than he is a company."

According to him, he didn't have a room to grow as an actor when he worked with the director. "Spielberg's sets are very different," he revealed. "Everything has been so meticulously planned. You got to get this line out in 37 seconds. You do that for five years, you start to feel like not knowing what you're doing for a living."

Spielberg directed LaBouf in "Disturbia", "Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull" and "Eagle Eye", but the actor said, "I don't like the movies that I made with Spielberg. The only movie that I liked that we made together was Transformers one," which was produced by the iconic filmmaker.

LaBeouf felt he was unfairly blamed for the disappointing result of "The Crystal Skull". He opened up, "I prepped for a year and a half. And then the movie comes out, and it's your fault. That hurt bad."

While he wasn't fond of Spielberg, the former child star admired the "Transformers" director, Michael Bay. "Mike is an artist," LaBeouf gushed. "People don't realize how dope that dude is. He's got to get a little ballsier with his moves - he's trying to toe the line and be James Cameron, but James Camerons are dying. I don't know what he's chasing, but that version of director is dead. If Mike is to sustain, he's got to get weird."