Leonardo DiCaprio

With Romeo and Juliet, you're talking about two people who meet one night, and get married the same night. I believe in…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You don't know what hand your gonna get dealt next.…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I'm not really the quiet type, although some people think I am. But I'm the rebel type in the sense that I…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

As we progress into the twenty-first century, anyone who considers themselves a realist will have to make the environment a top priority.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Acting is the only time when I truly maintain the spontaneity that I want to be present at all times.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

That's an inspiration for all women to see a woman thinking and moving differently from those around her.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I've never been Romeo who meets a girl and falls for her immediately. It's been a much slower process for me each…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I have very little fashion sense, and to tell you the truth, I give it very little thought. I dress to be…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

If you can unify the public mind saving an iconic species like the tiger, like they did with the panda, that means…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I urge individuals around the world to stand up, and ask local leaders, if they haven't already, to pledge to purchase cleaner…

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I don't watch anything of mine much. I haven't gone to drama school, or college, either. I just like to watch other…

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Kate Winslet also happens to be one of my close friends who I goof off with like crazy. It was a reunion…

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I like to prepare as much as possible beforehand, but there's definitely that element of fear when you're on set, and you…

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I spent a long time in art school so I can really draw. I'll doodle and suddenly I'll find the beginning of…

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Family is something I'm starting to think about more and more, especially now that my grandmother is no longer around. It makes…

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This created world really helped me as an actor. It heightened everything, which made it more dangerous, more interesting and more liberating.

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I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do things that are different. I want to…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

You never know as a director what other directors do. Because you don't get to see what they do.

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Most of the time I do feel like I need someone else when I'm alone. But I can still get by with…

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Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstanding.

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Hopefully I've gotten better as an actor as the years have gone on, but the type of work I want to do…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I really hate relaxing. I've done three movies in a row, worked for two years straight, and to me, idle time is…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Sometimes you've got to go to the wrong place just to show that you're not afraid to go there.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

The truth of the matter is that I have a lot to prove to myself still as an actor. And I still…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

To be honest, I'm not really prepared to do a musical, simply because I think I have a pretty atrocious voice.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I have never been a fashionista or someone who puts a lot of thought into what I wear, and I dress to…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Sam [Mendes] said he took advantage of the fact that Kate and I were so close for many years. He knew it…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

When I was 14, I was on the cover of 'Bop' and 'Tiger Beat.' Every two months, I would see a new…

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I couldn't deal with playing a character who rides motorcycles and has a leather jacket and is a tough kid, y'know?

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I haven't died in a movie in a while,'The Departed,' 'Body of Lies,' 'Revolutionary Road,' 'Shutter Island' and 'Inception.' I guess I…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Women have been the most persecuted people throughout all of recorded history, more than any race or religion.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I don't see why I can't have friends of both sexes without wild rumors being circulated. It's crazy.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

There is a lot of speculation about what women are attracted to, and there are a lot of misconceptions.

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The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it. As…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Doing what we do [filming], you have to be your own critic and judge and adjudicate as to what you do and…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

I've managed to keep a clear head and remain sane in this business because I remain a kid off-camera.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Hoover was incredibly ambitious as a young man. He was highly motivated to succeed in Washington, primarily due to his mother's expectations…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

It's my first sort of commercial attempt, but it made sense for me because I'm not that kind of guy and I'm…

— Leonardo DiCaprio

If a studio is going to offer me the opportunity to invite my mother and grandmother and all my friends to visit…

— Leonardo DiCaprio