Shia LaBeouf once stole Nike trainers and a Game Boy Pokemon

Shia LaBeouf has found himself behind bars five times and thinks it helps his creativity to reflect on his "screwups".

The actor, who was arrested last October for public intoxication, says he finds it "freeing to f**k up".

He said: "When I'm nervous in my creativity, I think of my failures in life and in art. Thinking about my screwups loosens the grip of fear. It's freeing to f**k up and to recover."

He had found himself behind bars twice by the time he was just 11 years old.

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Reflecting on his incarcerations in an essay, Error Breeds Sense, which he penned for new book Prison Ramen, he wrote: "I have been incarcerated five times. The first time I was only nine years old. It was in Pacoima, California.

"I was arrested for stealing a pair of Nike Cortezes from a local shop and held for six hours.

"The second time I was eleven, in the city of Tujunga, California. I was arrested for stealing a Gameboy Pokémon from Kmart. That time, too, I was in a substation for about six hours."

What a game...