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'I do much better with loving, familial environments': Shia LaBeouf only wants to work with friends from now on

Published: 01:58 EST, 7 September 2015 | Updated: 04:08 EST, 7 September 2015

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Shia LaBeouf declared Sunday that he wants to put working with friends above working with ambitious A-list directors.

'I think for a while I was chasing the "10 List" - the 10 directors you want to work with - that didn't fare well for me,' the 29-year-old 'metamodernist' told AP reporters in Venice.

'I’m wanting to work with friends. I want to work with people I have a connection with. I do much better with loving, familial environments where you feel like you can fail and the dude will get you on the other side.'

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'I’m wanting to work with friends': Shia LaBeouf declared Sunday that he wants to put working with friends above working with ambitious A-list directors

The Daytime Emmy winner famously worked with filmmakers like McG, Michael Bay, Lars von Trier, Robert Redford, and Oliver Stone.

Back in 2008, Steven Spielberg gave Shia the following advice: 'Tom Cruise never picks his nose in public.'

'And all I thought was, I don't want to be Tom Cruise. It was this gut reaction,' the Elastic Heart star told Interview Magazine in October.

The 29-year-old 'metamodernist' told AP: 'I do much better with loving, familial environments where you feel like you can fail and the dude will get you on the other side' (pictured with Man Down director Dito Montiel)

'Chasing the "10 List" - the 10 directors you want to work with - that didn't fare well for me': The Emmy winner previously worked with filmmakers like McG, Michael Bay, Lars von Trier, Robert Redford, and Oliver Stone (M)

Back in 2008, Steven Spielberg gave Shia the following advice: 'Tom Cruise never picks his nose in public'

The Elastic Heart star told Interview Magazine in October: 'And all I thought was, I don't want to be Tom Cruise. My upbringing was darker. So I rejected that label hard' (pictured August 5)

'My upbringing was darker. The guys who I looked up to were far darker. So I rejected that label hard.'

LaBeouf had a much better experience reuniting with his Guide to Recognizing Your Saints director Dito Montiel for Man Down.

'[Montiel] came to my house when I was in a really low place and offered it to me like therapy, like "Here's a healing process so we can jump into together and get well,"' the Fury actor explained.

'He came to my house when I was in a really low place': LaBeouf had a much better experience reuniting with his Guide to Recognizing Your Saints director Dito Montiel for Man Down

The Fury actor explained: '[Montiel] offered it to me like therapy, like "Here's a healing process so we can jump into together and get well"'

Premiered in Venice on Sunday: In the post-apocalyptic thriller, Shia plays Gabriel Drummer - a former US Marine battling PTSD - who's looking for his son

'Gabriel is my dad, and also the dad I always wanted': The former Disney Channel star - who joined the US National Guard this year - emulated his drug-addicted, Vietnam War veteran father Jeffrey to play Gabriel

Many military roles: Gary Oldman, Kate Mara (R), and Jai Courtney also appear in Man Down, which screens September 15, 16, and 18 at the Toronto Film Festival

In the post-apocalyptic thriller, Shia plays Gabriel Drummer - a former US Marine battling PTSD - who's looking for his son (Charlie Shotwell).

The former Disney Channel star - who joined the US National Guard this year - emulated his drug-addicted, Vietnam War veteran father Jeffrey to play Gabriel.

Newly bald LaBeouf said: 'Gabriel is my dad, and also the dad I always wanted. He's both. He's the dream dad that I always wanted, and also at times the other guy, too.'

Gary Oldman, Kate Mara, and Jai Courtney also appear in Man Down, which screens September 15, 16, and 18 at the Toronto Film Festival.

Transitional period: Offscreen, the SAG Award nominee split with his Nymphomaniac co-star Mia Goth around July 24 following a two-year romance (pictured March 7)

Falling for another co-star: Two weeks earlier, Shia wrapped his role as Jake alongside new rumoured girlfriend Sasha Lane in the teen road dramedy American Honey

Locked paws: The Los Angeles native has been spotted holding hands with the dreadlocked beauty at Menchie's Frozen Yogurt and Gelson's Market (pictured August 29)

Offscreen, the SAG Award nominee split with his Nymphomaniac co-star Mia Goth around July 24 following a two-year romance.

Two weeks earlier, Shia wrapped his role as Jake alongside new rumoured girlfriend Sasha Lane in the teen road dramedy American Honey.

The Los Angeles native has been spotted holding hands with the dreadlocked beauty at Menchie's Frozen Yogurt and Gelson's Market.