Leonardo DiCaprio Quotes

I've been planted here to be a vessel for acting ... That's why I'm really taking any part, regardless of how complicated it's going to be.

If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most people.

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.

There is no element of genius without some form of madness.

When I can't immediately define the character, and there's an element of mystery to it and still a lot to be explored, that's when I say yes.

Love is a sudden revelation: a kiss is always a discovery

I touched emotions I've never tapped in my entire life. I've heard people say, 'I hope this movie doesn't glamorise drugs ...

If you're gonna let the character be the story, you better set a tone that allows the actors to do the best work they can do.

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

School, I never truly got the knack of. I could never focus on things I didn't want to learn.

My dad has always been the bohemian ...

What I really wanted was to travel and see all the different animals that were on the verge of extinction.

Then I saw Keanu Reeves in 'Much Ado About Nothing' and I know if he can do it, I can do it too.

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

Mother Earth is hurting. And she needs a generation of thoughtful, caring and active kids like all of you to protect her for the future.

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

It's very, very rare in this business [moviemaking] where a script lands on your lap ready to go.

My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II.

Will this coffee get me an Oscar?

I get a friend to travel with me ... I need somebody to bring me back to who I am. It's hard to be alone.

I just happen to think people are better off doing something they actually like.

And now it's your turn - the time to answer the greatest challenge of our existence on this planet is now.

I will fly around the world doing good for the environment.

There's some of Romeo's romance in me ... I romanticise a lot of things in my mind..

I like doing things that scare me. I went bungee jumping, but sky diving is just the sickest thing.

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?

I've got this reputation for shooting one take which is a wonderful reputation to have but it's hard to live up to.

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

I got attention by being funny at school, pretending to be retarded, and jumping around with a deformed hand.

You can make history, or you will be vilified by it.

For the economy itself will die if our ecosystems collapse.

I like to be able to play a character and act out a lot of things which I can't or don't do in my normal everyday life.

Obviously people don't want other people to tell them how to think or what to believe, or to tell them what's right politically and what's wrong.

I didn't even know what I did in 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape'. I just went off with whatever I felt instinctually without a second thought.

I don't think my parents would be shocked about anything I did, because they're so laid-back.

Portraying emotionally ill characters gives me the chance to really act.

We only get one planet.

I want to be a jerk like the rest of my friends, and have fun, and not care about the consequences, but I just can't now.

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

At first I thought I would have to put on an English accent and try a sort of affected Shakespeare thing.

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

I was always the kid in school who tried to get attention, not necessarily the class clown, but I'd do little unexpected performances.

I cheated a lot, because I just couldn't sit and do homework. I usually sat next to someone extremely smart.

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.

Everywhere I go, somebody is staring at me, I don't know if people are staring because they recognize me or because they think I'm a weirdo.

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.

I am not a scientist, but I don't need to be.

My dad's probably one of the kindest people in the world. When I was younger that's not how I was- I was a little spoiled brat.

I just want to keep doing what I'm doing and hopefully people will watch my movies.

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.'

Being dubbed as a hunk sort of annoys me. It gives me a yucky feeling.

If I want to go to a party with a few male friends, it doesn't mean I'm gay.

It's a hard concept for me to wrap my head around to completely sacrifice any sort of love in your life, to never experience that on a personal level.

It's easy to be an expert if you're the only one in the world with an interest.

You can either be a vain movie star, or you can try to shed some light on different aspects of the human condition.

When a role for a young guy is being offered to me, I think of River Phoenix. It feels like a loss.

Our planet's alarm is going off, and it is time to wake up and take action!

Protecting our future on this planet depends on the conscious evolution of our species.

I think sexiness in most people - and this is going to sound superficial - is definitely something you don't plan.

To play a repressed gay man, I had to explore what life was like in an era of sexual repression.

My friends, this body - perhaps more than any other gathering in human history - now faces that difficult task.

I'm still exploring in a lot of ways. I don't know myself completely.

I am friends with Demi. Don't believe anything you read.

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.

My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go.

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.

To believe in love, to be ready to give up anything for it, to be willing to risk your life for it, is the ultimate tragedy.

The pain is temporary, the film is forever

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.

A man's legacy is determined by how the story ends.

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

I'm shy, but when the time comes to be wild, I'm fun-loving, adventurous, and mysterious.

I'm nothing like Romeo in real life.

We are facing a tipping point of environmental crisis unprecedented in human history and our very survival is dependent on protecting nature.

I'm not the kind of person who tries to be cool or trendy, I'm definitely an individual.

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

Playing Arnie was fun because everything I did was spontaneous.

A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules.

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

Doing what we do [filming], you have to be your own critic and judge and adjudicate as to what you do and how it turned out.

When I was doing 'This Boy's Life' I wanted to be as old as Robert DeNiro and as experienced as him and have the same respect as he did in that movie.

Dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange.

What I would do in order to be popular was, I'd put myself on line and joke around and be funny, and I was always known as the crazy kid.

Sometimes I wonder will God ever forgive us for what we've done to each other? Then I look around and I realize God left this place a long time ago.

I grew up in Hollywood but not in any rich neighborhood.

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

I have to say as an actor I have been inspired by so many British actors throughout the years.

Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.

I like girls who are intelligent, somewhat funny, and pretty with a nice personality.

My mother is a walking miracle.

Drugs? Every one has a choice and I choose not to do drugs.

Most of the time I just keep to myself. I think like what it would be like to be ... someone else.

I've never known a situation in my career where a terrible script turned into a movie that was out of this world or was a success.

I feel a moral obligation to speak out at this key moment in human history - it is a moment for action.

I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do things that are different. I want to take my time with each role.

I've just got to maintain my passion for what I do.

The subconscious is motivated by emotion, not reason.

I have the same problem as Edward Furlong. I'm so thin!

Fame is not the worst thing. I went to dinner the other night, and the girls in the restaurant ignored me. It was so annoying.

(Acting) certainly comes-100 percent-from the need to be loved. Any actor who says this isn't true is lying.