340 Quotes by Leonardo DiCaprio

We were both [ with Russel Crowe] hand-plucked to do [The Quick and the Death]. He had done Romper Stomper and I had done Gilbert Grape and so we were hand- plucked to do this big budget film. So we were both very bright-eyed and bushy-tailed.

Marty [Scorsese] knows that when an improvised moment comes out of a real situation, it's gonna have more life and more going on than anything you can imagine and that's how the character can become the story

I want to be the perfect child. I owe so much to my parents and the way I was brought up.

I like doing things that scare me. I went bungee jumping, but sky diving is just the sickest thing.

I have to say as an actor I have been inspired by so many British actors throughout the years.

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.

These types of films that are psychologically sort of dark at times, I find extremely exciting to do because there's always something to think about. There's nothing more boring than to show up on set and say a line and know that your character means exactly what they say. It's interesting to have an unreliable narrator in a film and that's what both of those films have been.

I grew up in Hollywood but not in any rich neighborhood.

I think sexiness in most people - and this is going to sound superficial - is definitely something you don't plan.