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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Ask any teenage girl to describe her perfect bedroom, and you'll get answers like 'a room with a private phone line, a place to hang out with friends, and for it to be way-cool and funky.' Ask parents the same question, and 'a locked door that opens on their 21st birthday' might top the list!
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I believe in helping young people rock causes they care about because I was one of those young people... a long time ago.
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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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My aunt is a newscaster in Lubbock, Texas, and she got a letter that said, 'Natalie Maines will be shot dead at their show in Dallas, Texas,' with the date of our concert. It was freaky to see that in writing.
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Other than the 'Sesame Street' soundtrack, which I was obsessed with, the first artist I really felt I'd discovered on my own was Amy Winehouse. She was the first female artist I wanted to write like and sing like and be like.
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I don't suffer the decisions the studio world makes.
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I am definitely not rich.
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Everything I've done in my career is a result of growing up in rural Oklahoma, because if I hadn't had the training from Mama and Daddy to work hard, to do what I'm told, to take directions, to mind and to do a good job at anything I set out to do, then I wouldn't be where I am today.
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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.
