Leonardo DiCaprio Quotes

• 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. You learn to take life as it comes at you... to make each day count.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Hands   Each Day   Next  

  "Fictional character: Jack Dawson". "Titanic", www.imdb.com. November 18, 1997.

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• 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.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Movie   Boys   Actors  

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• At first glance, you read something on the page and it can seem one way, and you can have your decisions before you wind up on set about what that set is supposed to mean, but until you're actually there doing them, there's really no way to understand it.

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  Mean   Wind   Decision  

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• Me, I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know its not some place you can look for because its not where you go. It’s how you feel for a moment in your life when you’re a part of something and if you find that moment, it lasts forever.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Beach   Believe   Forever  

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• I've always been spontaneous and outgoing... I've tried lots of things so I've got some good life experiences, which is great 'cause it means I've got lots of material to work with as an actor.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Good Life   Mean   Actors  

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• We only get one planet.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Climate Change   Planets  

  "Leonardo DiCaprio at the UN: 'Climate change is not hysteria - it's a fact" by Leonardo DiCaprio, www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2014.

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• It gets to the point where you're hot, you're hot, and when you're not, you're not. It's so true. I have to slow down soon.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Hot   Slow Down  

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• I've really only had one (dream) since I got into this business at 13 years old, which was to be in this business forever. Once I did my first television commercial, I caught that itch and that bug. I want to be a part of pieces of art - as far as cinema is concerned - that people will want to see for generations to come. That's my dream.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Dream   Art   Television Commercials  

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• 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.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Character   Play   Everyday  

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• I'm a big history buff so to walk the streets...the ancient world like that was pretty astounding.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Israel   World   Ancient  

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• I became an actor at a very young age, but I also had a deep respect for nature and I think I was sort of a little biologist when I was younger. I watched documentaries on rainforest pollution and the loss of species and habitats for animals around the world. It affected me in a very hardcore, emotional way when I was younger. So, later in life I wanted to continue that path more and investigate and learn more about ecological issues.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Loss   Emotional   Thinking  

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• I think everyone has some sort of connection to Gatsby as a character... he's created himself according to his own emotions and dreams and lifted himself by his bootstraps from a poor kid in the Midwest and created this image that is The Great Gatsby and it's a truly American story in that regard.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Dream   Character   Kids  

  "Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher, and Producers Lucy Fisher, Douglas Wick and Catherine Mann Talk THE GREAT GATSBY". Interview with Samantha Cheirif, collider.com. May 8, 2013.

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

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Sometimes   Not Afraid   Shows  

  "How Do You Become Leo DiCaprio?" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. February 26, 2010.

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• I watch a lot of Turner Classic movies. But I don't do private screenings. I don't have the old school, reel to reel projectors. I do have a big screen TV, though.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  School   Watches   Tvs  

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• 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.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Thinking   People   Trying  

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The good thing about acting is that it always keeps you on your toes... It's not like any other job where you can go in and do the same thing as yesterday.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Jobs   Reality   Yesterday  

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• If we do not act together, we will surely perish.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Together   Climate Change   Ifs  

  "Leonardo DiCaprio at the UN: 'Climate change is not hysteria - it's a fact'". www.theguardian.com. September 23, 2014.

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

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  People   Watches   Want  

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• 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.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Reading   School   Years  

  "Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher, and Producers Lucy Fisher, Douglas Wick and Catherine Mann Talk THE GREAT GATSBY". collider.com. May 8, 2013.

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

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Girl   Nice   Intelligent  

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• 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

  Priorities   Progress   Twenties  

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• I think it's much more interesting when people say, "I love being famous. I love the attention and getting laid and having people I respect admire me," than when they pretend it hasn't had an effect on them.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Love Is   Thinking   People  

  "New Again: Leonardo DiCaprio". Interview with Ingrid Sischy, Amanda Duberman, www.interviewmagazine.com. April 4, 2012.

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• Subconscious is motivated by emotion, right? Not reason.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Emotion   Reason   Motivated  

  "Fictional character: Cobb". "Inception", www.imdb.com. July 8, 2010.

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

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  World   Around The World   Environment  

  "Django Unchained action figures pulled after civil rights outcry" by Ben Child, www.theguardian.com. January 21, 2013.

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• Climate change is severely impacting the health of our planet and all of its inhabitants, and we must transition to a clean energy economy that does not rely on fossil fuels.

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Energy   Climate   Transition  

  "Institutions worth $2.6 trillion have now pulled investments out of fossil fuels" by Damian Carrington, Emma Howard, www.theguardian.com. September 22, 2015.

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• 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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  Sweet   Thoughtful   Japan  

  "INCEPTION Press Conference Leonardo DiCaprio, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Ellen Page, Marion Cotillard, Tom Hardy, Cillian Murphy, Ken Watanabe, Christopher Nolan, Hans Zimmer and Emma Thomas" by Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. July 12, 2010.

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• 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!

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Powerful   Tools   World  

  "The Leonardo DiCaprio Revolutionary Road Interview". Interview with Prairie Miller, newsblaze.com. December 27, 2008.

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• There's a difference in our ages [with Leonardo DiCaprio], but we were both in the same sort of position [on The Quick and the Death movie].Everyone below us in a casting position were all these really famous character actors like Keith David. And they were looking at the two of us going, 'Who are these guys?' So that naturally kind of put us together in a way where we'd just hang out together because we didn't care about status. We just wanted to enjoy the experience. The two things that have changed about Leo [ DiCaprio] since that time: he can drink legally and he's no longer a virgin.

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  Character   Two   Differences  

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

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Funny   School   Hands  

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• 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?'

  Leonardo DiCaprio

  Hate   Thinking   World  

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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