Leonardo DiCaprio Quotes on Being a Complete Idiot, Inception, and More

Leonardo DiCaprio is one of the more private celebrities in Hollywood, but fans of the actor are often given insight into his films and his true personality from the things he says in interviews. These quotes by Leonardo DiCaprio were taken from several of such interviews:

On making the movie Inception: It didn't make much sense to us when we were doing it, and we had to do a ton of detective work to try to figure out what the movie was and what we were doing from day to day, but, thank God, we had somebody (Christopher Nolan) who knew what he was doing.

About what drives the actor: There was always an element of me that needed to prove something to myself. It's something I don't want to get rid of because it's what drives me. I'm never settled and I'm never satisfied.

Leonardo DiCaprio Quote on his vices: I take what I do very seriously, and when I'm on the set that's all I focus on, so my vice is to hang out with my friends and talk about absolutely nothing of importance whatsoever and act like a complete idiot because I've got to filter out a lot of the serious stuff I'm dealing with all the time. It's like therapy to just be a complete idiot with my friends and it's fantastic.

Quote on his acting career: Look, I'm a very fortunate person. I get to choose the movies that I want to do. I have a lot of friends in this industry that don't get to do that. I grew up in LA. A lot of my friends are actors, and so I realize every day how lucky I am to have this opportunity. So while I'm here, I'm going to try to do exactly what I want.

Leonardo DiCaprio as a child: I was the most insane child you can imagine, pretty intolerable to be around.

Leonard DiCaprio Quote Sources:

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/7220114/Leonardo-DiCaprio-interview.html

Read more: http://screencrave.com/2010-07-14/interview-leonardo-dicaprio-for-inception/

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