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Quotes
 The
best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another
character and actually get paid for it. It's a great outlet. As for
myself, I'm not sure who I am. It seems that I change every day.
People
want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you
miserable, just like them. They don't want heroes; what they want is to
see you fall.
He's
a perfectionist, obsessed with detail. That's why he went over budget
and over schedule.
You
can either be a vain movie star, or you can try to shed some light on
different aspects of the human condition.
It's
a really obvious thing to say, but the more people know too much about
who you really are, and it's a fundamental thing, the more the mystery
is taken away from the artist, and the harder it is for people to
believe that person in a particular role.
As
soon as enough people give you enough compliments and you're wielding
more power than you've ever had in your life, it's not that you become
an arrogant little prick, or become rude to people ... but you get a
false sense of your own importance and what you've accomplished. You
actually think you've altered the course of history.
I
don't really have many extravagances. I don't fly private jets and I
don't have bodyguards and I don't buy crazy things. I have a couple of
houses here and there. I bought a very expensive watch, and I am going
to buy a really expensive movie poster, the original for 'The Thief of
Baghdad.' I love movie posters.
I
kind of feel like the same person except more time has gone by. I hate
to say that I feel like an adult now. I have to admit I wish I was still
18. After all, even through the time while I was representing that wild
kid, I really wasn't. I was just living my life. I was just not making
movies at the time.
Martin
has brought so much to the art form of film, and he is not the type of
person who would be upset by not receiving an Oscar, although it is a
practical joke that he has not won an Academy Award after all these
years. Whatever opinions critics will have of 'The Aviator,' I really
think that this is a great piece of art: once again, he has made a great
classic film.
The
great thing about turning 30 in this business is that you get to
perpetuate being young or old as long as we want.
You
kidding? I feel very fortunate. A lot of people would love to be in my
position. There are so many people out there who are suffering trillions
of times more than I could ever suffer, and would love to be me. I am a
lucky little bastard.
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.
I
think people read the tabloids because they want to see you eating a
burger, or out of your makeup or doing something stupid because they
just want to see that you're like everyone else. And that's OK. I don't
want to catch myself anymore saying that my life is hard, because the
good far outweighs the bad in my life. And it's easier to focus on those
things, on the things that are important.
You
learn after you've been in the business for a while that it's not
getting your face recognized that's the payoff. It's having your film
remembered.
I
lived in Hollywood and, ironically, I didn't know you could just go out
and get an agent and go on auditions and try and become an actor, I
thought it was like a Masonic thing, like a blood line you had to belong
to - until I was 13. Then I realised what you had to do. It is the one
thing I know I want to do for the rest of my life.
I
wasn't surprised that Jamie got the award. But I knew that cameras would
be stuffed up my face so I had my response ready. Anyone who says they
don't practice is a liar. - On losing out on the Oscar to Jamie
Foxx during the 2005 Academy Awards.
I
was behind a woman at the checkout counter who was looking at the
magazines. She turned to me and goes, 'There he is again, that Leonardo
DiCaprio. Don't you wish he'd just disappear?' I said (to myself), this
is the moment where I either go, 'Do you know who I am?' or put my hat
further down, pay for my corn-nuts and get out of there....I choose to
avoid that.
My
first date was with a girl named Cessi. We'd had a beautiful
relationship over the phone all summer long. Then she came home and we
met to go out for the first time to the movies. When I saw her I was
petrified. I couldn't even look her in the eye to talk to her.
I
don't know if I'm ever getting married. I'm probably not going to get
married unless I live with somebody for 10 or 20 years. But these people
took a chance and they did it. We don't have the guts that Romeo did.
As
a little kid growing up in Hollywood, I was called 'a little crazy'. And
now I guess I'm still that way.
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?'
I
cheated a lot, because I just couldn't sit and do homework. I usually
sat next to someone extremely smart.
I'm
not really the quiet type, although some people think I am. But I'm the
rebel type in the sense that I don't think I'm like everyone else. I try
to be an individual.
I
like to help the whales, the otters, and the dolphins. When I'm acting
and I take a break, the first thing on my list is spending time by the
sea.
I
hate speaking in front of a large audience. I don't know where it came
from...but its just this gut-wrenching fear of slipping up and doing
something horrible.
I
insist on keeping a level head. I've maintained the same exact home life
that I've had for 20 years. All I see is more people looking at me than
before. But, you know, who cares? You just can't obsess yourself with
this fame stuff.
My
mom and I lived at Hollywood and Western, a drug-dealer and prostitute
corner. It was pretty terrifying. I got beat up a lot. I saw people have
sex in the alleys. I remember I was 5 years old, and this guy with a
trench coat, needles and crack cornered me.
Early
on, seeing the devastation on my block, seeing heroin addicts, made me
think twice about ever getting involved in drugs. It's evil. Once you
take that step and experiment, drugs can take over your life. You are
not yourself anymore.
That's
something I never wanted. I didn't have a lot of friends growing up. It
was kind of just me and my parents. But because of them, the
neighborhood did not have a bad effect on me.
My
dad introduced me to artists, and every few months we'd go to some
hippie doo-dah parade as Mudmen in our underwear, carrying sticks and
covered in mud. My mother did everything to get me into the best schools
she could find.
When
a role for a young guy is being offered to me, I think of River Phoenix.
It feels like a loss.
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?'
On
his life: 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.
Bridget
Hall and I hung out for a week. The whole thing was blown out of
proportion.
I
don't have the guts that Romeo did. [on marriage]
On
love: I like girls who are intelligent, somewhat funny, and pretty with
a nice personality.
It's
a weird adjustment living alone, because you don't realize how much you
really miss Mumsie until she's not there.
Dark
green is my favorite color. It's the color of nature and the color of
money and the color of moss!
I'm
not really the quiet type, although some people think I am. But I'm the
rebel type in the sense that I don't think I'm like everyone else. I try
to be an individual.
I'm
absolutely clean. I've never tried anything. That's not a lie!
I'm
not the sort of person who tries to be cool or trendy. I'm definitely an
individual.
I
don't have emotions about a lot of things. I rarely get angry, I rarely
cry. I guess I do get excited a lot, but I don't get sad and enormously
happy. I think a lot of people who talk about all that crap are lying.
Right now I'm just trying to maintain happiness - that's all I really
care about. Anyway, when you're my age and your hormones are kicking in,
there's not much besides sex that's on your mind.
I
hate speaking in front of a large audience. I don't know where it came
from...but its just this gut-wrenching fear of slipping up and doing
something horrible.
One
of my passions is to meet people and then imitate them. I love doing
that.
I
have the same problem as Edward Furlong. I'm so thin!
I
hate my body.
I'm
nothing like Romeo in real life.
I'm
shy, but when the time comes to be wild, I'm fun-loving, adventurous,
and mysterious.
It's
tricky stuff. If you're not perfect in every film, then people say 'see,
he was just lucky in one role'.
On
his career: I admit I've done a few lousy roles in the beginning of my
career, like my role in Critters III.But at that age, you'll do anything
for attention!
People
want you to be a crazy out-of-control teen brat. They want you to be
miserable, just like them. They don't want heroes. What they want is to
see you fall.
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.
On
rumors: I've heard some pretty bad rumors...that I'm gay. If I want to
go to a party with a few male friends, it doesn't mean that I'm gay. I
don't see why I can't have friends of both sexes without rumors being
spread about me. It's crazy.
People
always like to make up stories. I am not planning on getting married.
Then again, I might wake up tomorrow and decide to get married!
If
you hear of any incident about me - a fight, a change of clothes, a
little extra gel in the hair, don't believe it till you talk to me.
I
hate being selected as 'Babe of the Month' and being called 'hunk'.
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.
I
insist on keeping a level head. I've maintained the same exact home life
that I've had for 20 years. All I see is more people looking at me than
before. But, you know, who cares? You just can't obsess yourself with
this fame stuff.
My
God, no! I hate this whole hunk thing! I feel when I see myself in that,
and these other cute faces, that I'm just part of this meat factory,
like, 'Wow! Here's the hunk of the month! This month we're shoving
Leonardo DiCaprio down your throat! Isn't he cute. Let's put him on the
cover and we'll sell so many more magazines...' That's definitely not
what I want to be, and I've tried real hard to get away from that whole
situation.
If
you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life
than most people.
The
main thing for me right now is just to live my life with my family and
friends. They treat me like Leo, not 'Leonardo, Master Thespian'. That's
all I need to keep my sanity.
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.
On
success: I've just been jolting along from one film to another... Now,
it's sort of a shock to realize what I've achieved.
Portraying
emotionally ill characters gives me the chance to really act.
I'm
just starting to scratch the surface of what makes me happy, and it has
taken me a while to admit that acting like a child and a jerk is fun.
On
acting: Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the
characters I play. That's why it's called acting.
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