Shia LaBeouf Thanks Will & Jaden Smith for Their Support Over the Years - Watch Now

Shia LaBeouf is opening up in one of his first interviews in over a year.

The 33-year-old actor sat down with MTV’s Josh Horowitz for an episode of Personal Space where he talked about the Slauson Rec. Theater Company, which Shia co-founded.

Also during the interview, Shia revealed that he calls upon Will and Jaden Smith for support because they’ve always been there for him.

“I knew Jaden when we were playing Sonic the Hedgehog in his dad’s trailer,” Shia shared. “I didn’t even really give a s–t about acting at that time. I was just grinding. I cared about Will Smith at that time. I didn’t care about acting [or] the craft.”

Shia went on to say that Will has always been a “really good dude” for him. “He’s just always been like a shepherd in my corner from afar without ever tooting the horn in public,” Shia added. “He’s just always been there for me anytime I f–k up or get in trouble.”

As for Jaden, Shia said, “I’ve been watching him float and rise to the top and grab a hold of his craft and become some kind of little maestro. He knows a lot of the same people that I know and we’ve just sorta been piggybacking off each other for a while. He was the first artist in, and then from Jaden, really, came a lot of these other artists because he’s poppin’ right now and his album’s coming out on the 28th.”

Watch Shia‘s full interview now.