Quote

Yes, I can play younger than my age. But I can play characters older than I am, too. I'm not an actor who can just play the kid.

Leonardo DiCaprio

Change background

T
T
T

Change font

TAGS & TOPICS

Leonardo DiCaprio
Age: 49
Born: 1974
Born: November 11
Actor
Environmentalist
Film Actor
Film Producer
Screenwriter
Stage Actor
Television Actor
LA
California
Di Caprio
Leonardo di Caprio
Leo DiCaprio
Play
Younger
Older
Characters
Actor
Age
Actors
Kids
Character

More quotes by Leonardo DiCaprio

Image
People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you miserable, just like them. They don't want heroes what they want is to see you fall.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Image
I suppose playing an older man is a way of preparing myself for getting older.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Image
I get a friend to travel with me... I need somebody to bring me back to who I am. It's hard to be alone.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Image
School, I never truly got the knack of. I could never focus on things I didn't want to learn.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Image
I created my foundation as a result of that and my website, and I try to shed some light on some very topical issues right now. The idea is to try to get people to become obviously more knowledgeable about the issue and try to get corporations and individuals to contribute to these nonprofit organizations.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Image
You do need parental guidance and I was in a great position with both my mum and dad. They split when I was a baby but even though I stayed with my mom they were both very much involved in my upbringing.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Image
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.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Image
Drugs? Every one has a choice and I choose not to do drugs.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Image
I realise that I do not change the course of history. I am an actor, I do a movie, that's the end of it. You have to realise we are just clowns for hire. After I had success it was great, at first, not to worry about money. It was on my mind when I was growing up.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Image
I think sexiness in most people - and this is going to sound superficial - is definitely something you don't plan.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Image
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.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Image
I don't think there's a specific science you can put on dream psychology. I think that it's up to the, obviously, the individual.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Image
I like girls who are intelligent, somewhat funny, and pretty with a nice personality.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Image
The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it. As for myself, I'm not really sure who I am. I change every day.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Image
With Romeo and Juliet, you're talking about two people who meet one night, and get married the same night. I believe in love at first sight-but it hasn't happened to me yet.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Image
You see, I think negative emotions are always trumped by positive emotions.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Image
As we progress into the twenty-first century, anyone who considers themselves a realist will have to make the environment a top priority.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Image
[Success] always starts with the material it always starts with the truth and honesty of the characters that you read in the screenplay and that's rarely something that can be remedied if it's simply not there by the time you shoot the film. Thank God we had that.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Image
I've gotten to play some pretty intense characters and I tend to think it's therapeutic for me.
Leonardo DiCaprio
Image
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.
Leonardo DiCaprio