Leonardo DiCaprio Quotes
Top 100 wise famous quotes and sayings by Leonardo DiCaprio
Leonardo DiCaprio Famous Quotes & Sayings
Discover top inspirational quotes from Leonardo DiCaprio on Wise Famous 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.
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.
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.
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.
What I really wanted was to travel and see all the different animals that were on the verge of extinction.
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.
My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II.
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.
And now it's your turn - the time to answer the greatest challenge of our existence on this planet is now.
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.
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.
Dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange.
Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.
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.
I couldn't deal with playing a character who rides motorcycles and has a leather jacket and is a tough kid, y'know?
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I cheated a lot, because I just couldn't sit and do homework. I usually sat next to someone extremely smart.
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 was always the kid in school who tried to get attention, not necessarily the class clown, but I'd do little unexpected performances.
I don't see why I can't have friends of both sexes without wild rumors being circulated. It's crazy.
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.
At first I thought I would have to put on an English accent and try a sort of affected Shakespeare thing.
That's an inspiration for all women to see a woman thinking and moving differently from those around her.
(Acting) certainly comes-100 percent-from the need to be loved. Any actor who says this isn't true is lying.
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 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.
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 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.
You can either be a vain movie star, or you can try to shed some light on different aspects of the human condition.
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 friends, this body - perhaps more than any other gathering in human history - now faces that difficult task.
I think sexiness in most people - and this is going to sound superficial - is definitely something you don't plan.
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.
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.
We are facing a tipping point of environmental crisis unprecedented in human history and our very survival is dependent on protecting nature.
As we progress into the twenty-first century, anyone who considers themselves a realist will have to make the environment a top priority.
A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules.
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.'