• Name: Leonardo DiCaprio
  
• Birth Name: Leonardo Wilhelm DiCaprio
  
• Height: 6'
  
• Sex: M
  
• Nationality: American
  
• Birth Date: November 11, 1974
  
• Birth Place: Hollywood, California
  
• Profession: actor
  
• Education: Center for Enriched Studies, Los Angeles
  
•   : John Marshall High School, Los Angeles
  
• Relationship: Gisele Bundchen (Brazilian model), Kristen Zang (model; together from 1996 to 1997), Vanessa Hayden (model)
  
• Father: George DiCaprio (comic-book distributor)
  
• Mother: Irmeline DiCaprio (former legal secretary)
  
• Sister: Adam (former actor)
  
• Grand Mother: Helena Idenbirken
  
• Claim to fame: as Toby in This Boy's Life (1993)
  

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• "The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it. It's a great outlet. As for myself, I'm not sure who I am. It seems that I change every day."
• "The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it. It's a great outlet. As for myself, I'm not sure who I am. It seems that I change every day."
• "I want a career, to act, and write and direct, and be involved in all aspects of the moviemaking process. I want a long happy life and I really want to fall in love eventually. I am the type of person who wants to share a lot. It's all about making memories."
• "People want you to be a crazy, out-of-control teen brat. They want you miserable, just like them. They don't want heroes; what they want is to see you fall."
• "It's easy to fall into the trap of believing all the hype that's written about you... Who knows? In a couple of years, you might find me in the loony bin!"
• "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."
• "Don't think for a moment that I'm really like any of the characters I've played. I'm not. That's why it's called 'acting'."
• "I've just been jolting along from one film to another... Now, it's sort of a shock to realize what I've achieved."
• "I remember the Checkered Demon. He's this little devil with this three-foot dong that just porks everybody, and that was my idea of what sex was about, and I was oh wow, I can't wait."
• "My mother is a walking miracle…"
• "My dad has always been the bohemian…"
• "My dad's probably one of the kindest people in the world. When I was younger, that's not how I was. I was a little spoiled brat."
• "I don't think my parents would be shocked about anything I did, because they're so laid-back."
• "What I really wanted was to travel and see all the different animals that were on the verge of extinction."
• "I was always the kid in school who tried to get attention, not necessarily the class clown, but I'd do little unexpected performances."
• "I was about sixteen when I learnt how to flirt and I had a bit of a routine going on."
• "Dad, I really want to become an actor, but if this is what it's all about, I don't want to do it."
• "Portraying emotionally ill characters gives me the chance to really act."
• "I've been planted here to be a vessel for acting... That's why I'm really taking any part, regardless of how complicated it's going to be…"
• "I really don't know what I'm doing... I don't. It's terrible. I go in there and I learn how to be like the character and do the best I can, and that's all I really do."
• "My career should adapt to me. Fame is like a VIP pass wherever you want to go."
• "I didn't worry about what DeNiro thought... I went in, looked him in the eye, and got the part. I was confident, even though I'd never done anything like it before. Now I realize it was ignorant confidence. I had no idea."
• "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."
• "If I want to go to a party with a few male friends, it doesn't mean I'm gay…"
• "...I don't see why I can't have friends of both sexes without wild rumors being circulated. It's crazy."
• "Playing Arnie was fun because everything I did was spontaneous."
• "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 was dreading winning. I didn't even plan a speech. I was worried that I would slip up or do something horrible. I was shaking in my seat, putting on a posed smile. Inside I was petrified."
• "I didn't know what types of movies I wanted to do. I want to do things that are different. I want to take my time with each role."
• "I've managed to keep a clear head and remain sane in this business because I remain a kid off-camera."
• "I couldn't deal with playing a character who rides motorcycles and has a leather jacket and is a tough kid, y'know?"
• "I've changed. You can't help it. Your mind starts working in a different way. You feel really scrutinized by people."
• "I get a friend to travel with me... I need somebody to bring me back to who I am. It's hard to be alone."
• "I rejected it many times because I thought it was just another commercial film, Sharon Stone and everything. But then, with one day to decide, I said OK. I like Sam Raimi and this character's really funny and cool."
• "I was expecting a little more from ole Sharon, y'know? I wasn't about to get down and dirty with her, so it was a bit of a let down. Actually, she hurt my lip."
• "I want to be a jerk like the rest of my friends, and have fun, and not care about the consequences, but I just can't now."
• "The good thing about acting is that it always keeps you on your toes... It's not like any other job where you can go in and do the same thing as yesterday."
• "It's a tough thing. You get in a situation where you feel you have to be perfect all the time and it sucks."
• "Drugs? Every has a choice and I choose not to do drugs…"
• "I touched emotions I've never tapped in my entire life. I've heard people say... I hope this movie doesn't glamorize drugs."
• "When a role for a young guy is being offered to me, I think of River Phoenix. It feels like a loss."
• "I've always been spontaneous and outgoing... I've tried lots of things so I've got some good life experiences, which is great 'cause it means I've got lots of material to work with as an actor."
• "The role of Rimbaud is one of the most important roles to play for a young actor."
• "It was the simple fact that there was probably not a cooler character on earth that I could play…"
• "There is homosexuality, but the film's not about that. It's about a young guy who wanted to experience everything and that was just one element of many that was there for him to partake in."
• "I'm proud of my work in all the movies I've done. In a few years' time no one will remember the bad reviews."
• "Death freaks me out. I don't know about an afterlife. I'm not religious, you know. I'm not an atheist, but I've never had a religion."
• "I like doing things that scare me. I went bungee jumping, but sky diving is just the sickest thing."
• "There's some of Romeo's romance in me. I romanticize a lot of things in my mind."
• "I've just got to maintain my passion for what I do."
• "I hate it... I feel that when I see myself and these other cute faces, I'm just part of this meat factory."
• "Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstanding."
• "This created world really helped me as an actor. It heightened everything, which made it more dangerous, more interesting and more liberating."
• "I've never been Romeo who meets a girl and falls for her immediately... It's been a much slower process for me each time I've gone into a relationship."
• "I wasn't sure at first. I didn't want to run around in tights, swinging a sword."
• "At first I thought I would have to put on an English accent and try a sort of affected Shakespeare thing."
• "I am friends with Demi. Don't believe anything you read."
• "I prefer ordinary girls, you know, college students, waitresses, that sort of thing. Most of the girls I go out with are just good friends. Just because I go out to the cinema with a girl, it doesn't mean we are dating."
• "Then I saw Keanu Reeves in 'Much Ado About Nothing' and I know if he can do it, I can do it too…"
• "It was closer to manual labor than shooting a film. I always think of something Michael Caton-Jones told me... Pain is temporary, film is forever."
• "The best thing about acting is that I get to lose myself in another character and actually get paid for it. It's a great outlet. I'm not really sure who I am. It seems I change every day."
• "I'm probably not going to get married unless I live with somebody for 10 or 20 years. But these people, Romeo and Juliet, took a chance and they did it. We don't have the balls that Romeo did."
• "It's my first sort of commercial attempt, but it made sense for me because I'm not that kind of guy and I'm not going to continue to do that kind of movie."
• "It gets to the point where you're hot, you're hot, and when you're not, you're not. It's so true. I have to slow down soon."
• "This is my first long-term relationship... and I can't wait to see her at the end of the day. She's the cutest girl in the world."
• "If you can do what you do best and be happy, you're further along in life than most people."
• "I just want to keep doing what I'm doing and hopefully people will watch my movies."
• "With Romeo and Juliet, you're talking about two people who meet one night, and get married the same night. I believe in love at first sight, but it hasn't happened to me yet."
• “All you math teachers who’ve been scolding me all my life, ha ha! I laugh.”

• Razzie Awards: Worst Screen Couple, THE MAN IN THE IRON MASK (1999)
• MTV Movie Awards: Best Male Performance, TITANIC (1998)
• Blockbuster Entertainment Award: Favorite Actor - Drama, TITANIC (1998)
• Berlin International Film Festival: Best Actor, ROMEO & JULIET (1997)
• Blockbuster Entertainment Award: Favorite Actor - Romance, ROMEO & JULIET (1997)
• Chicago Film Critics Association Awards: Most Promising Actor, WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE (1994)
• Los Angeles Film Critics Association Awards: New Generation Award (1993)
• National Board of Review: Best Supporting Actor, WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE (1993)

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