Leonardo DiCaprio Quotes
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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Having Black hair is unique in that Black women change up styles a lot. You can walk down one street block in New York City and see 10 different hairstyles that Black women are wearing: straight curls, short cuts, braids - we really run the gamut.
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I refuse to accept other people's ideas of happiness for me. As if there's a 'one size fits all' standard for happiness.
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M.G.M. never really gave me a break. They loaned me out for leading roles but cast me in programme pictures.
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I am a massive fan of early electronica like Steve Reich, Pat Metheny and Thomas Dolby. I used to be a big raver, too, so anything dance. I love ambient music like Tunng. I love acoustic and classical, too.
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My phone blows up all the time. I had to change my number.
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In a gentle way, you can shake the world.
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I love high heels from the age of 10! Short skirts and then high heels. My classmates used to make fun of me. Like, 'Ooh, she's so skinny and she's wearing high heels.' But I just wore what I like, and I didn't care about people's opinions, the same as I don't care now.
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An image of the Earth, its landscapes, directly affects people. The beauty of the Earth creates enormous emotion, and through that emotion, you can transmit knowledge and raise consciousness.
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I did swimming, gymnastics, dance, and the acting was just a small part. I didn't have pushy parents; it wasn't forced upon me. They just said, 'See if you like it. If you do, great; if you don't, don't worry about it.' I was really fortunate to have that guidance and supportive parents.
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I don't understand why there aren't more powerful female directors. I don't have the answers, but I hope that things may start to shift and that studios will employ more women to handle strong and interesting material.
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A revolution is not an event. It's a process. And it takes its time.
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Exposing your ignorance is how you get somebody to embrace you.
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You have to think that the answer - and the right answer - for you and your organization might not be something that's been done before. And it's up to you to discover and work with your team to form and figure out how to do successfully.
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A modern health and social care system has to be completely focussed on the needs of its users.
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You always have to be on at times, and occasionally people get upset if you say no to a picture when you're eating dinner or something, and that's kind of the hard part. Or if you get crazy rumors that swirl around you from time to time that are just silly.
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I still enjoy doing music. I'm not going to stop doing it, and doing it the way that I feel it should be done.
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I've never worked with huge pop acts, I mightn't like it, but it's something I've always wanted to try.
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I've become the hunted. I'm enjoying that. It's better to be the hunted than the hunter.
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Intelligent, successful, attractive people can be intimidating. They force us to hold a mirror to ourselves; we can be disappointed, jealous or inspired toward personal growth.
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The rest of my family are obsessed by 'The X Factor:' I'm intrigued by it, although its musical values are far away from mine, like a cup of tea with 400 lumps of sugar in it. There's something very strange about Simon Cowell's lips, isn't there?
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Music is my balance... center of my life.
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Why, if someone is good in one field can they not be accepted or given the slightest opportunity to express and be creative in other fields?
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I don't have any down days. If anybody who knows me comes into our locker room, they know I'm happy; they know I'm cheerful.
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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.
