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"Man is a make-believe animal: he is never so truly himself as when he is acting a part."

"My approach to acting is that I am totally intuitive. I read the script and I get it. If I don't get it, I can't do it."

"Acting is something different to everybody. I just know that if you watch an actor or actress getting better and better, I think that's them just understanding themselves better and better."

"I am acquainted with no immaterial sensuality so delightful as good acting."

"While making Genevieve, I learned there could be a lot more to a film than just acting in it."

"Other acting opportunities had come along, but nothing that was tantalizing enough to me to step away from what I found most interesting."

"Acting is standing up naked and turning around very slowly."
Explore more quotes by Leonardo DiCaprio

"When a role for a young guy is being offered to me, I think of River Phoenix. It feels like a loss."

"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 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."

"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'm just starting to scratch the surface of what really makes me happy and it's taken me a while to admit that acting like a little child and being a jerk and a punk is fun."

"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."

"I got attention by being funny at school, pretending to be retarded, and jumping around with a deformed hand."

"The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of saliva into my mouth, and when I walked away I had to spit it all out."
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