Portraying emotionally ill characters gives me the chance to really act. Leonardo DiCaprio More Quotes by Leonardo DiCaprio More Quotes From Leonardo DiCaprio I've managed to keep a clear head and remain sane in this business because I remain a kid off-camera. Leonardo DiCaprio clear-head cameras kids I want to be the perfect child. I owe so much to my parents and the way I was brought up. Leonardo DiCaprio parent perfect children I'm never really conscious of saying, "I'm going to take on a specific role to combat a certain image in the public eye." I think that's pretty manipulative and transparent to the public anyway. Leonardo DiCaprio roles eye thinking Like everything, personal relationships and all that stuff is sort of put on ice while you go off to your location for five or six months. So, do I feel more settled in my life and in my work? Absolutely, yeah. Leonardo DiCaprio location ice months I'm open to doing any kind of role and any kind of genre as long as it's interesting and as long as I feel it could be a great character to play. I never take into my own personal opinions or my own public image into account when I chose movie roles. Leonardo DiCaprio personal-opinions play character 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. Leonardo DiCaprio real jobs thinking Being dubbed as a hunk sort of annoys me. It gives me a yucky feeling. Leonardo DiCaprio annoyed feelings giving 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. Leonardo DiCaprio things-in-life dream thinking It's very hard to impose your beliefs or a specific message about any given movie. I think that audiences always extract what they want from a film even if something isn't overtly political. They may or may not get it, and it's hard to control that. Leonardo DiCaprio political may thinking If I want to go to a party with a few male friends, it doesn't mean I'm gay. Leonardo DiCaprio gay party mean Will this coffee get me an Oscar? Leonardo DiCaprio oscars coffee It's a hard concept for me to wrap my head around to completely sacrifice any sort of love in your life, to never experience that on a personal level. Leonardo DiCaprio concepts sacrifice levels 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? Leonardo DiCaprio nice hard-work character From an outsider's perspective, it's amazing what [Clint Eastwood] does. If he's not directing a film, he's acting in it, or rather he's composing the music for that film. His commitment to what he does is astounding for all of us to witness. It's inspiring, actually. Leonardo DiCaprio perspective acting commitment I have no problem playing anyone who has different politics than me. In fact, I don't take that into consideration at all. You have to find something sympathetic in a man. It's that common ground you need to connect with someone. Leonardo DiCaprio different men facts The Gatsby that I remember reading when I was 15 years old in junior high school was far different from the Gatsby I read as an adult. Leonardo DiCaprio reading years school I've just got to maintain my passion for what I do. Leonardo DiCaprio my-passion passion At first glance, you read something on the page and it can seem one way, and you can have your decisions before you wind up on set about what that set is supposed to mean, but until you're actually there doing them, there's really no way to understand it. Leonardo DiCaprio decision wind mean I've got this reputation for shooting one take which is a wonderful reputation to have but it's hard to live up to. Leonardo DiCaprio reputation shooting wonderful 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 play character kids
