Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo Wilhelm DiCapriois an American actor and a film producer...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth11 November 1974
CityLos Angeles, CA
Leonardo DiCaprio quotes about
reading school years
The Gatsby that I remember reading when I was 15 years old in junior high school was far different from the Gatsby I read as an adult.
fun interesting people
People always ask, 'Was it fun? Was it fun working on a movie?' I don't know if that's the operative word. It is challenging and interesting and all those other things, but fun isn't always.
hands done film
We were both [ with Russel Crowe] hand-plucked to do [The Quick and the Death]. He had done Romper Stomper and I had done Gilbert Grape and so we were hand- plucked to do this big budget film. So we were both very bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.
character two differences
There's a difference in our ages [with Leonardo DiCaprio], but we were both in the same sort of position [on The Quick and the Death movie].Everyone below us in a casting position were all these really famous character actors like Keith David. And they were looking at the two of us going, 'Who are these guys?' So that naturally kind of put us together in a way where we'd just hang out together because we didn't care about status. We just wanted to enjoy the experience. The two things that have changed about Leo [ DiCaprio] since that time: he can drink legally and he's no longer a virgin.
different-experiences magic different
That's the magic of moviemaking. You clearly identify one scenario with the other, and it's a completely different experience.
shooting reputation wonderful
I've got this reputation for shooting one take which is a wonderful reputation to have but it's hard to live up to.
dream thinking psychology
I don't think there's a specific science you can put on dream psychology. I think that it's up to the, obviously, the individual.
dream character kids
I think everyone has some sort of connection to Gatsby as a character... he's created himself according to his own emotions and dreams and lifted himself by his bootstraps from a poor kid in the Midwest and created this image that is The Great Gatsby and it's a truly American story in that regard.
passion marine issues
Since I was very young I've been fascinated with nature and I actually wanted to be a marine biologist when I was very young. That was a great passion of mine. So I suppose in the off season when I'm not making movies, I became more and more active as an environmentalist trying to be more vocal about issues that I felt were important.
character actors wanting-more
We actually did a lot of takes on this movie [J. Edgar Hoover ]. I never left the set wanting more. That's for sure. I don't know. This was a very difficult character for me and a lot of the other actors here, and at times we went and did 8 or 9 or 10 takes on a single day.
growing-up father way
When you grow up in the [film] industry, the director is your father. You follow your father's lead, but you make your own way.
dresses fashionista comfortable
I have never been a fashionista or someone who puts a lot of thought into what I wear, and I dress to be as comfortable as I possibly can.
intense-moments limits easier
I know a lot of the intense moments in 'Titanic' were made that much easier and were pushed to even further limits because of that relationship.
dream america wealth
The truth is that I've always been fascinated with wealth in America. To me, it's been about the American dream and the corruption of that dream.