Top 100 Quotes About Leonardo Dicaprio
#1. When people ask me about being portrayed onscreen by Leonardo DiCaprio, I always say, 'I love it - no matter how old I get, people are going to think that's what I look like.'
Frank Abagnale
#2. 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.
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#3. That's an inspiration for all women to see a woman thinking and moving differently from those around her.
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#4. I just happen to think people are better off doing something they actually like.
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#5. 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.
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#6. That sounded so incredibly romantic. Of course, Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet had thought the same thing in Titanic. And look how that had ended.
Rachel Hawthorne
#8. To play a repressed gay man, I had to explore what life was like in an era of sexual repression.
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#9. 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.
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#10. [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.
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#11. 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.
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#12. I have no problem playing anyone who has different politics than me. In fact, I don't take that into consideration at all. You have to find something sympathetic in a man. It's that common ground you need to connect with someone.
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#13. Honored delegates, leaders of the world, I pretend for a living.
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#14. I love 'Titanic' and the idea that you're kind of rooting for Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet to survive despite the fact that you know that they're not going to.
Carlton Cuse
#16. 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.
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#17. (Acting) certainly comes-100 percent-from the need to be loved. Any actor who says this isn't true is lying.
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#18. I'm never really conscious of saying, "I'm going to take on a specific role to combat a certain image in the public eye." I think that's pretty manipulative and transparent to the public anyway.
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#19. The role of Rimbaud is one of the most important roles to play for a young actor.
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#20. I want to be the perfect child. I owe so much to my parents and the way I was brought up.
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#21. 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.
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#22. My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go.
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#23. 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.
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#24. Good acting is good acting, however you learn it. Some people who haven't studied are amazing. Some people like Leonardo DiCaprio are naturally gifted - he's learned technique by working with people early on.
Sam Rockwell
#25. 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!
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#26. 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.
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#27. It's a tough thing-you get in a situation where you feel you have to be perfect all the time and it sucks.
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#28. Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other - they can sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other.
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#29. I'm still exploring in a lot of ways. I don't know myself completely.
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#30. Leonardo DiCaprio is a rare phenomenon. Whereas for so many celebrities an interest in the environment is a fashionable accessory, for DiCaprio it is a thread that runs through everything he does.
Zac Goldsmith
#31. Most of the time I just keep to myself. I think like what it would be like to be ... someone else.
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#33. There's so many intangible forces that come into play when making a film, I have no idea what the public will ultimately think of something that I do, let alone critics.
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#34. I think he [Leonardo DiCaprio] is a terrific actor. And I've - I've been rooting and voting for him since "Gilbert Grape." I thought he was so amazing in that one. He was a young man, really very young boy.
Maggie Smith
#35. My heroes are guys like Tom Hanks, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Matt Damon. These are amazing actors with amazing careers that every actor should aspire to. I'm not saying I'm going to get anywhere close. It's not going to be an easy feat. I'm just in awe of their careers.
Dylan O'Brien
#36. Dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange.
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#37. We actually did a lot of takes on this movie [J. Edgar Hoover ]. I never left the set wanting more. That's for sure. I don't know. This was a very difficult character for me and a lot of the other actors here, and at times we went and did 8 or 9 or 10 takes on a single day.
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#38. I sometimes have to look back and say, "Wow, this is amazing what has happened to me. I have been able to fulfill a lot of these dreams that I had when I was very young." It's a pretty amazing feeling. But at the same time it becomes addictive!
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#39. The things that you did with parents, whether it was spending every Sunday morning with your dad and eating French toast and watching Popeye, or decorating the Christmas tree with our mother - these are memories that help you be happy.
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#40. Dedication
For everyone who knows there was enough room for Leonardo DiCaprio on that door.
And for England. We're really sorry for what we're about to do to your history.
Cynthia Hand
#41. I'm probably not going to get married unless I live with somebody for 10 or 20 years. But these people (Romeo and Juliet) took a chance and they did it. We don't have the balls that Romeo did.
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#42. Being dubbed as a hunk sort of annoys me. It gives me a yucky feeling.
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#43. As far as my own dreams, I'm not a big dreamer, I think obviously we suppress things in life, emotions and thoughts, and we should wake up and look at that.
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#44. Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.
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#45. I prefer ordinary girls - you know, college students, waitresses, that sort of thing. Most of the girls I go out with are just good friends. Just because I go out to the cinema with a girl, it doesn't mean we are dating.
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#46. 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.
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#47. You can either be a vain movie star, or you can try to shed some light on different aspects of the human condition.
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#48. I think when I was 12, when, like, 'Titanic' and 'Romeo + Juliet' came out, my friends and I made our own Leonardo DiCaprio fan club. I definitely had a thing for him.
Mary Elizabeth Winstead
#50. I'm shy, but when the time comes to be wild, I'm fun-loving, adventurous, and mysterious.
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#51. I always wanted to be an actor and I'd never dreamt that not only would I be able to do this for a living, but also on top of that I'd be able to choose and steer the course of my own career.
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#52. I'm a big Leonardo DiCaprio fan. And if I could have a career like his ... he's amazing. And not only his career, his public persona and how he carries himself.
Luke Benward
#53. I don't think there's anybody better than Leonardo DiCaprio, and I've been saying that since before anyone knew who he was.
Michael Keaton
#54. Leonardo Dicaprio didn't change his name, Emilio Estevez didn't change his name. But every case is different. I only have one reference of what my career was and I was very, very blessed and very, very lucky, and it got started very quickly after college. And I only know that by going with Roday.
James Roday
#55. 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.
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#56. I feel a moral obligation to speak out at this key moment in human history - it is a moment for action.
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#57. When I was young I used to have this thing where I wanted to see everything I used to think 'How can I die without seeing every inch of this world?'
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#58. I like movies! No, I like theater too. And paintings are great, and all of that! But to me, the great sort of artistic medium I think, of our time, is film. I really feel that. I mean to me, there's nothing else out there, where I can sort of suspend disbelief for two hours.
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#59. I'll just be the first to say that Ken [Watanabe] should be a national treasure in Japan, because he is an unbelievably talented actor. You couldn't find more of a gentleman. He's sweet, he's kind and he's extremely thoughtful in the work that he does.
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#61. Acting is the only time when I truly maintain the spontaneity that I want to be present at all times.
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#62. I just want to keep doing what I'm doing and hopefully people will watch my movies.
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#63. I want the scripts Leonardo DiCaprio doesn't have time for. Joseph Gordon-Levitt isn't available? Call me.
Michael B. Jordan
#64. With Romeo and Juliet, you're talking about two people who meet one night, and get married the same night. I believe in love at first sight-but it hasn't happened to me yet.
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#65. 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.
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#66. Kate Winslet also happens to be one of my close friends who I goof off with like crazy. It was a reunion of two people who, I guess, are a little bit older, a tiny bit wiser but ultimately were the same as they were when they were 21.
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#67. Right after winning the Oscar, when everyone was going home, they let these little gold Oscary shapes flutter down from the ceiling. Leonardo DiCaprio came over, bowed down, and kissed my hand. It was the most fabulous moment - such a lovely gesture. He didn't say anything.
Helen Mirren
#68. 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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#69. We are facing a tipping point of environmental crisis unprecedented in human history and our very survival is dependent on protecting nature.
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#70. I've always kind of made sure to maintain the sense of who I am and never be mean or cruel or snotty to anyone. Because, at the end of the day, it's not going to help you last in the business, and who wants to be around someone like that? I don't want to turn into 'that guy.' That guy!
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#71. I like to prepare as much as possible beforehand, but there's definitely that element of fear when you're on set, and you have to be conscious of it and use that fear to drive you to work harder.
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#72. I just really love doing what I do. I know every career is fleeting and there will be time periods when I don't get the opportunities that I'm getting right now, so I am taking advantage of them.
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#73. 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.
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#74. People always ask, 'Was it fun? Was it fun working on a movie?' I don't know if that's the operative word. It is challenging and interesting and all those other things, but fun isn't always.
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#75. 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.
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#77. Playing Arnie was fun because everything I did was spontaneous.
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#78. 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.
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#79. Mr. Leonardo DiCaprio - he be soo gorgeous, no wonder all the ladies flockin' to him - He be Gatsby.
Amitabh Bachchan
#80. It's very hard to impose your beliefs or a specific message about any given movie. I think that audiences always extract what they want from a film even if something isn't overtly political. They may or may not get it, and it's hard to control that.
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#81. I like girls who are intelligent, somewhat funny, and pretty with a nice personality.
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#82. It's interesting in this day and age to do a film about political espionage and wiretapping. I don't think that those types of secrets that J. Edgar Hoover was able to obtain and keep for such a long period of time would be possible in today's world, with the Internet and WikiLeaks.
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#84. If I had never ventured beyond being a stand-up comic, then I would be sitting in my house today working on my Leonardo DiCaprio impression.
Jim Carrey
#85. I like doing things that scare me. I went bungee jumping, but sky diving is just the sickest thing.
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#86. As we progress into the twenty-first century, anyone who considers themselves a realist will have to make the environment a top priority.
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#87. The last thing I want to turn into is a fat Hollywood jerk. I was brought up without much money and I was happy. I don't think that I will strive for money or success and end up greedy or big-headed. That only leads to unhappiness. I can still be down-to-earth and do this job as long as I enjoy it.
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#88. 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.
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#89. 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.
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#90. 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.
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#91. I hate complaining about paparazzi, I hate complaining about being recognised, because if I ultimately didn't want to be an actor or in the public eye, I would quit doing what I do. That's not the reason I do it, but I love the work so much that it's worth it.
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#92. I've managed to keep a clear head and remain sane in this business because I remain a kid off-camera.
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#93. I had a premonition when I was nine that I'd marry Leonardo DiCaprio.
Blake Lively
#94. You know, I think Chris Nolan is an incredibly intelligent filmmaker, and I think Leonardo DiCaprio is an incredibly talented actor.
Ryan Kavanaugh
#95. A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules.
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#96. I realise that I do not change the course of history. I am an actor, I do a movie, that's the end of it. You have to realise we are just clowns for hire. After I had success it was great, at first, not to worry about money. It was on my mind when I was growing up.
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#97. Thousands of climate scientists agree that global warming is not only the most threatening environmental problem but also one of the greatest challenges facing all of humanity. We must demand a separation between oil and state. We can get off oil and slow global warming.
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#98. 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.
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#99. I'm a big history buff so to walk the streets ... the ancient world like that was pretty astounding.
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#100. I grew up when I was 15 when I had my first opportunity in movies. I watched every great movie for a year and a half, and since then I've asked myself how I can emulate such artistry. That's really my motivation. I want to do something as good as my heroes have done.
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