Leonardo DiCaprio Quotes
I didn't worry about what DeNiro thought... I went in, looked him in the eye, and got the part. I was confident, even though I'd never done anything like it before. Now I realise it was ignorant confidence-I had no idea.
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I think a strong dollar is the result of policies, but I don't think the strong dollar is in and of itself a policy.
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A big reason why I'm not a big TV watcher is that in my formative years as a viewer, there wasn't that much great television on, or at least, television that appealed to me.
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It is annoying to be honest to no purpose.
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Acting is doing. It's not speaking; it's behavior. It's something happening, even if you're only listening.
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All working parents should have paid family leave. That's one of many reasons I'm working to elect Hillary Clinton. She has a plan to guarantee workers - men and women - up to 12 weeks of paid family leave to care for a new child or a seriously ill family member.
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There are 309 million people out there that are trying to improve their lot in life. And we've got a system that allows them to do it.
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My parents wanted us to be well-rounded individuals and really have the American experiences as richly as one can.
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I don't want to be an action star; action star's life is so short. I want my life to get longer. I want my career to get longer.
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A smart phone essentially creates a dossier of your travels, and consumers have no control over who will eventually see that information.
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My work always presents problems in our society. Those problems may be anything from injustice to freedom, and everything related to humanity.
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There are always going to be critics... and I have always had a rule: no matter how good the commentary is, or how bad the commentary is, it's more important that you do what you think is right.
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I love Lancome's L'Absolu Rouge lipstick, as it lasts. Unless you spend the whole night snogging, you won't need to reapply it.
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It's not the name that makes the player. It's the player.
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The mode by which the inevitable is reached is effort.
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If we're talking about masculinity and tenderness, I don't look at Clinton.
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You have to have sympathy for and an empathy with a character in order to play them.
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It's a bit weird, because I don't really know what people expect or think being political is; I just don't get it. What am I supposed to do as a pop star-stroke-revolutionary? Get up and put my balaclava on, go to the grocery store and then invent some Google viruses, and then go to rob a bank to fund my revolution on YouTube?
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Practicing medicine is not only my vocation, it gives me an opportunity to continue to be in direct contact with people, to see them and hear their needs.
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Remember those black-and-white films with Frank Sinatra? Those guys looked like men and they were only 27! Listen to Otis Redding singing 'Try A Little Tenderness'. That was a man who understood what a man has to know in the world. Show me a real man now! Where are they?
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I was shocked when 'The Hobbit' ended where it ended. I wasn't paying attention to what they were doing; I didn't know they had another movie, and I couldn't believe it was when the dragon came out.
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No man is ever whipped until he quits in his own mind.
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I think we need to continue to engage with our allies and with the world situation both on trade. I'm concerned that by pulling out of TPP, while we all want fair and competitive trade, the fact is what we have done is left the playing field to the Chinese to engage with those partners.
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Exercise is done against one's wishes and maintained only because the alternative is worse.
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I didn't worry about what DeNiro thought... I went in, looked him in the eye, and got the part. I was confident, even though I'd never done anything like it before. Now I realise it was ignorant confidence-I had no idea.
