Leonardo DiCaprio Quotes
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As far as my own dreams, I'm not a big dreamer, I think obviously we suppress things in life, emotions and thoughts, and we should wake up and look at that.
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I've got this reputation for shooting one take which is a wonderful reputation to have but it's hard to live up to.
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We [ with Russel Crowe] had an Arabic coach there [ in the Body of Lies] that was really helpful, because it was more so than any accent. You have to be so exact, and there's different dialects of Arabic from country to country so it was really, really difficult to tell you the truth. And one of the hardest things I've ever had to do language-wise, because it comes from the throat. It's different. And also learning about the customs and the culture and all that, so we had advisors for that sort of thing.
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I think actors make the mistake of finding their little niche in the business and once they try to do something a little darker, boom, they get slapped across the face for it, so they go back to what they did before.
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And now it's your turn - the time to answer the greatest challenge of our existence on this planet is now.
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When a role for a young guy is being offered to me, I think of River Phoenix. It feels like a loss.
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I cheated a lot, because I just couldn't sit and do homework. I usually sat next to someone extremely smart.
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Mother Earth is hurting. And she needs a generation of thoughtful, caring and active kids like all of you to protect her for the future.
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Now is the time to divest and invest to let our world leaders know that we, as individuals and institutions, are taking action to address climate change, and we expect them to do their part this December in Paris at the U.N. climate talks.
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I've just got to maintain my passion for what I do.
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It’s easy to be an expert if you’re the only one in the world with an interest.
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Doing what we do [filming], you have to be your own critic and judge and adjudicate as to what you do and how it turned out.
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To put a lot of hard work and effort into a project or character and for it to be recognised, how can it not be nice?
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It's a tough thing-you get in a situation where you feel you have to be perfect all the time and it sucks.
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You can either be a vain movie star, or you can try to shed some light on different aspects of the human condition.
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I grew up when I was 15 when I had my first opportunity in movies. I watched every great movie for a year and a half, and since then I've asked myself how I can emulate such artistry. That's really my motivation. I want to do something as good as my heroes have done.
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I was always the kid in school who tried to get attention, not necessarily the class clown, but I'd do little unexpected performances.
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If you can unify the public mind saving an iconic species like the tiger, like they did with the panda, that means you have to protect their habitat and everything that they hunt. And that means saving massive, thousands of acres for them to be able to roam and breed. So it's more of a land effort.
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I'm a big history buff so to walk the streets...the ancient world like that was pretty astounding.
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When I can't immediately define the character, and there's an element of mystery to it and still a lot to be explored, that's when I say yes.
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My first date was with a girl named Cessi. We'd had a beautiful relationship over the phone all summer long. Then she came home and we met to go out for the first time to the movies. When I saw her I was petrified. I couldn't even look her in the eye to talk to her.
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My parents know I was outgoing as a child, and whenever people came over I'd automatically do impressions of them as soon as they left; it was my mom's favorite thing.
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When you grow up in the [film] industry, the director is your father. You follow your father's lead, but you make your own way.
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I am completely open to doing a romantic comedy, but I will never do something just for the sake of doing a specific genre or because it's the time or place to do a different type of movie. I think that would be a huge mistake.