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." Leonardo DiCaprio More Quotes by Leonardo DiCaprio More Quotes From Leonardo DiCaprio I like doing things that scare me. I went bungee jumping, but sky diving is just the sickest thing. Leonardo DiCaprio scare jumping sky We've been given this gift, our planet, and we've found no other place in the universe that we can inhabit. I want to do something to create radical change to help save it. It's our responsibility. Leonardo DiCaprio radical-change responsibility want Our planet's alarm is going off, and it is time to wake up and take action! Leonardo DiCaprio alarms wake-up time I think people read the tabloids because they want to see you eating a burger, or out of your makeup or doing something stupid because they just want to see that you're like everyone else. And that's okay. 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We don't have the balls that Romeo did. Leonardo DiCaprio balls people years I'm nothing like Romeo in real life. Leonardo DiCaprio real-life real 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. Leonardo DiCaprio trying people thinking What I would do in order to be popular was, I'd put myself on line and joke around and be funny, and I was always known as the crazy kid. Leonardo DiCaprio crazy order kids As a little kid growing up in Hollywood, I was called 'a little crazy'. And now I guess I'm still that way. Leonardo DiCaprio growing-up crazy kids When I was doing 'This Boy's Life' I wanted to be as old as Robert DeNiro and as experienced as him and have the same respect as he did in that movie. Leonardo DiCaprio movie actors boys My dad has always been the bohemian. 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Leonardo DiCaprio marine issues passion 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 light organization ideas That's the magic of moviemaking. You clearly identify one scenario with the other, and it's a completely different experience. Leonardo DiCaprio different-experiences magic different
