Was interviewed in an episode of "Talking Movies" (as Shia La Boeuf) about the 2006 Sundance Film Festival. The other interviewees were Jennifer Aniston, Josh Hartnett and Chris Gorak.
When he was a guest on Late Show with David Letterman (1993)
during the hype for Transformers (2007), Dave asked Shia how his
name originated. Shia responded saying that the name "Shia" was Hebrew
for Praise God and his last name "LaBeouf" was French for Beef, hence
the phrase "Praise God for Beef".
