An American actor and filmmaker, Shia LaBeouf, 36, shared his experience with the Roman Catholic Church. Scroll down to watch his conversation with Bishop Robert Barron.
LaBeouf sat down nearly a 90 minute conversation about religion with Bishop Robert Barron of the Word on Fire Catholic Ministries and how he has now adopted Catholicism into his life.
LaBeouf's mother is Jewish and previously had a bar mitzvah as well as a baptism, studied Catholicism as he prepared for his upcoming movie, Padre Pio, about the Catholic saint of the same name.
"It was seeing other people who have sinned beyond anything I could ever conceptualize also being found in Christ that made me feel like, 'Oh, that gives me hope,' I started hearing experiences of other depraved people who had found their way — in this — and it made me feel like I had permission."
"I had a gun on the table. I was outta here, I didn't want to be alive anymore when all this happened. Shame like I had never experienced before — the kind of shame that you forget how to breathe. You don't know where to go. You can't go outside and get like, a taco."
"But I was also in this deep desire to hold on,"
"I know now that God was using my ego to draw me to Him. Drawing me away from worldly desires. It was all happening simultaneously. But there would have been no impetus for me to get in my car, drive up [to the monastery] if I didn't think, 'Oh, I'm gonna save my career.' "
"You're seen as one of the best actors in your generation, I don't identify with that school of thought, really."
"I feel a whole lot, I've got a big heart. I don't know if I'm a method guy — and I think some of that stuff is ridiculous,"
"I like to be immersive, I like all immersive experiences, not just acting. That's probably why I like Catholicism as well. I like adventure, and that requires full immersion."
"I would consider myself an immersive actor, but method acting has like a bad smell to it, Kind of douchey, kind of, just like, mean."
