Quotes from Leonardo DiCaprio

If a studio is going to offer me the opportunity to invite my mother and grandmother and all my friends to visit me free of charge in Thailand, I'm going to take that opportunity.

To be honest, I'm not really prepared to do a musical, simply because I think I have a pretty atrocious voice.

As a kid, I was going to be a marine biologist or an actor. When I became successful as an actor, I said, 'Well, maybe I can lend a voice to this with an equal passion.' You realize how lucky we are and how destructive we've been and what little regard we have for the natural world.

I've always been a slow starter. My first date was with a girl called Cessi. We had a beautiful relationship over the phone all summer, and then when we met, I couldn't look her in the eye.

Considering all that's happened in my life, I feel like I'm a pretty levelheaded person that has remained happy and not let my shortcomings overtake the better part of me. I'm fulfilling the things I wanted to fulfill, and I'm still sane.

Drugs? Every one has a choice and I choose not to do drugs.

I suppose playing an older man is a way of preparing myself for getting older.

Some people don't get it when I'm being sarcastic.

My parents know I was outgoing as a child, and whenever people came over I'd automatically do impressions of them as soon as they left; it was my mom's favorite thing.

My mom, Irmelin, taught me the value of life. Her own life was saved by my grandmother during World War II.

My mother is a walking miracle.

Dark green is my favorite color. It's the color of nature and the color of money and the color of moss!

You see, I think negative emotions are always trumped by positive emotions.

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.

You can make history, or you will be vilified by it.

I'm a big history buff so to walk the streets...the ancient world like that was pretty astounding.

I just want to keep doing what I'm doing and hopefully people will watch my movies.

I don't ask other actors questions. I think that's too intrusive. I just watch. I don't want to be constricted to an idea of what acting is by anyone else. I want to take my own education.

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 have very little fashion sense, and to tell you the truth, I give it very little thought. I dress to be as comfortable as I possibly can. Most of my clothing is either black, grey, or dark blue, and I don't really wear a lot of colours. But I do like jackets. I have a little bit of an obsession with them.

Portraying emotionally ill characters gives me the chance to really act.

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.

Everywhere I go, somebody is staring at me, I don't know if people are staring because they recognize me or because they think I'm a weirdo.

Meryl Streep does things I would never have thought possible... Her presence on screen is outstanding.