Quotes Leo made

On being Arnie Grape:
"I didn't even know what I did in Gilbert Grape. I just went off with whatever I felt instinctually without a second thought."

On changing his name to Lenny Williams:
"Another Lady took me on and changed my name. Leonardo DiCaprio was *too ethnic.* I got changed into something more Whitbread, so I could go to auditions and say 'Look, I'm Lenny Wiliams and I have blond hair.'"

On working with DeNiro:
"I didn't worry 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 that before."

On how to make a girl notice him:
"I'd flash her a smile. Or say 'You're that girl from that hair commercial! You look sensational.'"

On stealing:
(talking to reporter)" This is where I stole a pack of gum. I stopped after that because I believe in karma."

On being a Hollywood Hunk:
"Being dubbed a hunk kind of annoys me. It gives me a yucky feeling."

About being part of Growing Pains
"I always wanted to be in a series, to watch yourself on TV every week, to have other people watch you. It's lots of fun."

On looking good:
"I don't make a big effort to look good. I do have a sense of my own style- but lately, I haven’t cared that much."

On sex:
When Leonardo was six, Leonardo's father suggested that he should lose his virginity. According to Leo, he wasn't very fond, telling his father "Shut up dad, I don't want to try it. I'm gonna do all my homework instead."

On flirting:
"I was about sixteen when I learnt how to flirt and I had a bit of a routine going on."

About his characters:
"Portraying emotionally ill characters gives me a chance to really act."

On playing Romeo:
"I wasn't sure at first-I didn't want to run around in tights, swinging a sword."

On his affair with Demi:
"I am friends with Demi. Don't believe everything you read."

On Titanic:
"The soul of the movie is the romance, it's what the audience connects to. It was crucial to make it as realistic as possible."

"There were definitely certain moments when I felt like I was there for real. When you run on the ship with 200 people around screaming for their lives, while the ship is tilting up, you fell like you are there.

On playing Arthur Rimbaud:
"The role of Rimbaud is one of the most important of my career and one of the best roles to play for a young actor."

On Total Eclipse:
"There is homosexuality, but the film's not about that.. It's about a young guy who wanted to experience everything that was just one element of many that was there for him to partake in."

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

On kissing Sharon Stone:
"I was expecting a little more from ol' Sharon, ya 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."

On just hanging:
"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."

On being a kid:
"I was always the kid in school who tried to get attention, not necessarily the class clown, but I'd do little unexpected performances."

On his parents:
"I don't think my parents would be shocked about anything I did, because they're so laid back."

On his dad:
"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."

On his mom:
"My mother is a walking miracle."

On being hot:
"It gets to the point when you're hot, you're hot and when you're not, you're not. It's so true. I have to slow down soon."

On Kristen Zang:
"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."

On getting married:
"I'm probably not going to get married unless I live with somebody for 10 to 20 years."

On the rumor on drugs:
"This whole drug thing is very upsetting. I've never done anything, I'm clean!"

On drugs:
"I want to say this: I don't do drugs. I've never done drugs in my life. I'm just not interested."

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

On his discussions with former co. star, Kirk Cameron:
"He gave me a constant, positive perspective on life.

On his Japanese fans:
"Best and most loyal in the world."

On him being gay:
"I don't see why I can't have friends of both sexes without rumors being spread about me. It's crazy."

On the press:
"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!"

On his body:

"I have the same problem as Edward Furlong. I'm so thin!"
On acting: "All these people think that the blood in their veins is fueled by acting. I'm happier when I'm not working, hanging out with my Friends." On acting: "I wanted to be an actor so I could be cool and all the girls would see me." On taking a break: "When I'm acting and I take a break, the first thing on my list is spending time by the sea." On ???: "I always feel like I'm on a roller-coaster, but I never want to get off! There's a certain high you're always on." On doing another hit movie: "I've decided not to do anything like Titanic again. I learned a lot from it, but I just figured it's not really for me. For now, I just want to do things that really appeal to me." On the rumor that he was starring in the Broadway version of Titanic:
"I have heard of this. I have no idea. I don't understand - how that could happen. [singing] the ship is sinking! jump! jump! jump!"

On The Lakers:
"I absolutely refuse to miss a Lakers game. They're great ball players and fascinating to watch."

On speaking in front of a large audience:
"I hate speaking in front of a large audience. I don't know where it came from . . . but it's just this gut-wrenching fear of doing something horrible."

On girls hitting on him:
"Girls don't really hit on me, no. I think if a girl wants to talk to me, she'll talk to someone around me, but not me directly. I don't know what it is. They never really approach me."

On finding the right girl:
"I am the kind of guy who finds out what a girl likes and then compliments them."

On being Lonely "I do, but you get used to it the older you get. most of the time I do feel like I need someone else when I'm alone. but I can still get by with just my own company, and that makes me a stronger person. "

On him womanizing:
"I'm not a drinker or a womanizer. But I like it when the women chase me."

On Claire Danes:
"Claire was the only girl , when we did the auditions who came straight in my face to do the lines. and some of the other girls did, like, the affected flower thing. You know, they stroked their face and looked up and tried to things with their eyelashes. And it wasn't nearly as truthful as Claire's performance.

On being young:
"When I was young, I used to have this thing where I wanted to see everything. I used to think, how can I die without seeing every inch of this world? "

His childhood:
"I think what I like best about my childhood was the repetitiveness about the things we did. I think when you're a kid you do a whole bunch of things, see a thousand different things, it's all a blur and you really don't remember anything. But we did the same things - went to the same museums, took the same pony rides - and those things have become locked in my memory as one good experience."

On his father:
"I admire my father. He's just happy to put on his pants in the morning. I think Jack(in Titanic) has that same sort of attitude."

On not being noticed:
"Fame is not the worst thing. I went to dinner the other night, and the girls in the restaurant ignored me. It was so annoying."

On growing up:
"As a little kid growing up in Hollywood, I was called 'a little crazy'. And now I guess I'm still that way."

On his school work:
"I cheated a lot, because I just couldn't sit and do homework. I usually sat next to someone extremely smart."

On meeting fans:
"A lot of actors have problems with people approaching them, but I've never minded it. What's the worst thing that could happen? Unless someone's going to be violent, the worst is that somebody's going to want an autograph, or shake your hand, or talk to you for a couple of seconds--and that's never harmed anyone. It's a small price to pay for the kind of work I get to do. I know I've had more fun being famous that I would've had otherwise."

On his friends:
"We party and play video games. We're all a bunch of daredevils so we're always challenging each other to things like bungee jumping or sky diving. It's how I keep my head straight. They were so important to me on the sets of Romeo & Juliet and Titanic".

On Bridget Hall:
"Bridget Hall and I hung out for a week. The whole thing was blown out of proportion."

On his first date:
"My first date was with a girl named Cessi. We'd had a beautiful relationship over the phone all summer long. Then she came home and we met to go out for the first time to the movies. When I saw her I was petrified. I couldn't even look her in the eye to talk to her."

On whales, otters, and dolphins:
"I like to help the whales, the otters, and the dolphins. When I'm acting and I take a break, the first thing on my list is spending time by the sea."

On being happy:
"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 child and a jerk and a punk is fun."

On the future:
"I want a long career, and a long happy life."

On College:
"fuck no, no way! shit! I'm happy the way I am, I don't want to complicate stuff. I'm not superboy!

On death:
Death freaks me out. I don't know about an afterlife. I'm not religous, you know. I'm not an atheist, but I've never had a religion.

Being Sarcastic to a reporter:
"Oh yeah, once I became famous, bam, I'll just dump my old friends."

At a zoo:
"Where are all the animals?" I don't know where I got all of these Quotes but I know I got them from... DICAPRIO CAFE 1