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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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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Writing tonal music now, you are not writing into the 19th Century.
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Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
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I really admire people who have long-distance relationships. It's an incredible achievement. I couldn't do it.
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I stand by the principle of honesty, fair play, and trustworthiness.
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In comparison with other men of their time, the Americans were distinguished by the possession of new political and social ideas, which were destined to be the foundation of the American commonwealth.
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I come from a place where I find it hard to identify with a label.
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I'm a 27-year-old freshman, and returning to college after a seven-year break from high school was by far the hardest thing I've ever done in my life.
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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.
