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
hero trying roles
I've never tried to reach a certain demographic of an audience or try to say: OK, now I'm going to do this type of film to transition myself into more adult roles. Or a romantic hero. Or whatever it may be.
way stills knows
I'm still exploring in a lot of ways. I don't know myself completely.
dream enjoy-life the-end-of-the-day
You have to enjoy life in the process. It may sound corny, but it's true. At the end of the day, we can't always achieve everything that we dream of but you do have to enjoy life in the process.
being-happy children fun
I'm just starting to scratch the surface of what really makes me happy and it's taken me a while to admit that acting like a little child and being a jerk and a punk is fun.
character kids play
Yes, I can play younger than my age. But I can play characters older than I am, too. I'm not an actor who can just play the kid.
pain thinking forever
It was closer to manual labor than shooting a film. I always think of something Michael Caton-Jones told me: 'Pain is temporary. Film is forever.'
land scripts lap
It's very, very rare in this business [moviemaking] where a script lands on your lap ready to go.
sleep fire mind
Obviously, we suppress things, emotions, things during the day - thoughts that we obviously haven't thought through enough, and in the state of sleep when our subconscious, or mind just sort of randomly fires off different surreal story structures, and when we wake up we should pay attention to these things.
mom children people
My parents know I was outgoing as a child, and whenever people came over I'd automatically do impressions of them as soon as they left; it was my mom's favorite thing.
suicidal perfect tough
It's a tough thing-you get in a situation where you feel you have to be perfect all the time and it sucks.
commitment perspective acting
From an outsider's perspective, it's amazing what [Clint Eastwood] does. If he's not directing a film, he's acting in it, or rather he's composing the music for that film. His commitment to what he does is astounding for all of us to witness. It's inspiring, actually.
mistake thinking trying
I think actors make the mistake of finding their little niche in the business and once they try to do something a little darker, boom, they get slapped across the face for it, so they go back to what they did before.
passion people my-passion
One of my passions is to meet people and then imitate them. I love doing that.
jobs real thinking
I think it's a real danger, as an actor, when you try to make some statement through your career about what the business should be doing or ultimately what your image should be or how you want to be perceived. I look at every project that comes along and say, "Is this something I can sink my teeth into and can do a good job on?" That's really how I choose roles.