"Dark green is my favorite color. It's the color of nature and the color of money and the color of moss!"
Leonardo DiCaprio
Actor, Producer, Environmental Activist
Leonardo DiCaprio is an acclaimed actor and environmental activist known for his roles in films like 'Titanic' and 'Inception', and his commitment to climate change advocacy.
- Born
- November 11, 1974
- Quotes
- 230
- Rank
- #5917
Quote collection
Leonardo DiCaprio quotes (page 2 of 12)
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"School, I never truly got the knack of. I could never focus on things I didn't want to learn."
"Brothers don't necessarily have to say anything to each other - they can sit in a room and be together and just be completely comfortable with each other."
"I like doing things that scare me. I went bungee jumping, but sky diving is just the sickest thing."
"I got attention by being funny at school, pretending to be retarded, and jumping around with a deformed hand."
"I'm shy, but when the time comes to be wild, I'm fun-loving, adventurous, and mysterious."
"Sometimes you've got to go to the wrong place just to show that you're not afraid to go there."
"It's a weird feeling when people are defining you, and you haven't even defined yourself."
"Being dubbed as a hunk sort of annoys me. It gives me a yucky feeling."
"I'm not the kind of person who tries to be cool or trendy, I'm definitely an individual."
"I became an actor at a very young age, but I also had a deep respect for nature and I think I was sort of a little biologist when I was younger. I watched documentaries on rainforest pollution and the loss of species and habitats for animals around the world. It affected me in a very hardcore, emotional way when I was younger. So, later in life I wanted to continue that path more and investigate and learn more about ecological issues."
"If we do not act together, we will surely perish."
"Dreams feel real while we're in them. It's only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange."
"Honored delegates, leaders of the world, I pretend for a living."
"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."
"I like to be able to play a character and act out a lot of things which I can't or don't do in my normal everyday life."
"A man's legacy is determined by how the story ends."
"My father, George, has also affected the choices in my life regarding films. I like films that take chances or say something different or experiment. Growing up with him, I was surrounded by different artists - not just actors or film-makers but cartoonists, poets, writers."
"Mozambique is having an economic resurgence but still four out of 10 people there have HIV or AIDS...There's astounding conditions but what I was left with...was the power of the human spirit there and the fact these people have been through so much and they were still dancing in the streets"
"As we progress into the twenty-first century, anyone who considers themselves a realist will have to make the environment a top priority."