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To play a repressed gay man, I had to explore what life was like in an era of sexual repression.
Leonardo DiCaprio
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Leonardo DiCaprio
Age: 50
Born: 1974
Born: November 11
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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 don't see why I can't have friends of both sexes without wild rumors being circulated. It's crazy.
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It's amazing to completely focus on something for four, five or six months, have it completely consume your life and be constantly thinking about somebody else's set of circumstances and how they would react to something. I find it fascinating. It's rewarding and on a professional and personal level.
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My dad's probably one of the kindest people in the world. When I was younger that's not how I was- I was a little spoiled brat.
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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.
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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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I've managed to keep a clear head and remain sane in this business because I remain a kid off-camera.
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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.
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Me, I still believe in paradise. But now at least I know its not some place you can look for because its not where you go. It’s how you feel for a moment in your life when you’re a part of something and if you find that moment, it lasts forever.
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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.
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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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You see, I think negative emotions are always trumped by positive emotions.
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Honored delegates, leaders of the world, I pretend for a living.
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The things that you did with parents, whether it was spending every Sunday morning with your dad and eating French toast and watching Popeye, or decorating the Christmas tree with our mother - these are memories that help you be happy.
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I've always kind of made sure to maintain the sense of who I am and never be mean or cruel or snotty to anyone. Because, at the end of the day, it's not going to help you last in the business, and who wants to be around someone like that? I don't want to turn into 'that guy.' That guy!
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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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[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.
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At first I thought I would have to put on an English accent and try a sort of affected Shakespeare thing.
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I don't think my parents would be shocked about anything I did, because they're so laid-back.
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