Shia LaBeouf is Embarrassed By His Walgreens Arrest

Shia had a chat with Empire magazine where he discussed his arrest for misdemeanor criminal trespassing in a Chicago Walgreens when he refused to leave after being asked by the store's security guard.

Excerpts:

"That was complete and utter sanity. I was an asshole, and it was a mistake I'm still completely embarrassed about it.

But I can say this: I'm not the first 21-year-old to be arrested for a misdemeanor. There are lessons in life I need to learn, and I'm learning all of them in front of the public."

"I was in the middle of a strange mind state, having just come off a three-month window of focus. I can't diminish what happened at all.

"I feel like a better person when I'm working - I enjoy it more than anything else in my life. And the pool party, tons of chicks, binge-drinking bullshit - that's not what I got into this for. My closest friends work in coffee stores. They don't give a shit about a Vanity Fair cover - I'm just another asshole to them.

"And that's what I want: people who'll tell you you're a shithead sometime."

The charges were subsequently dropped on December 12.