Leonardo DiCaprio Quotes
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My mother is a walking miracle.
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Some people don't get it when I'm being sarcastic.
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I've never known a situation in my career where a terrible script turned into a movie that was out of this world or was a success.
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A man's legacy is determined by how the story ends.
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To believe in love, to be ready to give up anything for it, to be willing to risk your life for it, is the ultimate tragedy.
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It does feel like the middle ground has fallen out. I'm only saying that from personal experience, saying, "I'd like to make that movie" and hearing, "Oh, they're not making those types of movies anymore."
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I couldn't deal with playing a character who rides motorcycles and has a leather jacket and is a tough kid, y'know?
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If a film is good, and I'm sort of able to sit there and absorb myself within that world. And get lost. That is a pretty powerful tool. And there's not many paintings out there, that make me want to stare at it for hours at a time, and wonder where I am!
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When I grew up, I lived in the ghettos of Hollywood; it was the most disgusting place to be. I was known as the crazy little kid. I did impressions. Then I realized that's not what I want to do. I don't want to be a comedian to please other people.
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I'm not really the quiet type, although some people think I am. But I'm the rebel type in the sense that I don't think I'm like everyone else. I try to be an individual.
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Dark green is my favorite color. It's the color of nature and the color of money and the color of moss!
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One of my passions is to meet people and then imitate them. I love doing that.
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Most of the time I just keep to myself. I think like what it would be like to be... someone else.
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Protecting our future on this planet depends on the conscious evolution of our species.
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You can make history, or you will be vilified by it.
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As a little kid growing up in Hollywood, I was called 'a little crazy'. And now I guess I'm still that way.
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I spent a long time in art school so I can really draw. I'll doodle and suddenly I'll find the beginning of the movie in one picture. Usually, I start my stuff on the telephone. Right by the telephone I've got a book of doodles. When I'm on the phone, I'll be doing a drawing eventually.
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I didn't even know what I did in 'What's Eating Gilbert Grape'. I just went off with whatever I felt instinctually without a second thought.
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I have learned from my experiences in this industry that there is absolutely no way to control people's opinions on your performance in your movie. You go out there, promote your film and hope people like the work you did.
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I think it's a real danger, as an actor, when you try to make some statement through your career about what the business should be doing or ultimately what your image should be or how you want to be perceived. I look at every project that comes along and say, "Is this something I can sink my teeth into and can do a good job on?" That's really how I choose roles.
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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.
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I've gotten to play some pretty intense characters and I tend to think it's therapeutic for me.
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The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of saliva into my mouth, and when I walked away I had to spit it all out.
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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.