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
mistake thinking would-be
I am completely open to doing a romantic comedy, but I will never do something just for the sake of doing a specific genre or because it's the time or place to do a different type of movie. I think that would be a huge mistake.
honesty character thank-god
[Success] always starts with the material; it always starts with the truth and honesty of the characters that you read in the screenplay and that's rarely something that can be remedied if it's simply not there by the time you shoot the film. Thank God we had that.
powerful tools world
If a film is good, and I'm sort of able to sit there and absorb myself within that world. And get lost. That is a pretty powerful tool. And there's not many paintings out there, that make me want to stare at it for hours at a time, and wonder where I am!
wise country lying
We [ with Russel Crowe] had an Arabic coach there [ in the Body of Lies] that was really helpful, because it was more so than any accent. You have to be so exact, and there's different dialects of Arabic from country to country so it was really, really difficult to tell you the truth. And one of the hardest things I've ever had to do language-wise, because it comes from the throat. It's different. And also learning about the customs and the culture and all that, so we had advisors for that sort of thing.
nice character hard-work
To put a lot of hard work and effort into a project or character and for it to be recognised, how can it not be nice?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
best character learn
I really don't know what I'm doing... I don't. It's terrible. I go in there and I learn how to be like the character and do the best I can, and that's all I really do.