Leonardo DiCaprio Net Worth

Leonardo DiCaprio's Quotes

• 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.
• 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.
• On working with Martin Scorsese in Gangs of New York (2002): He's a perfectionist, obsessed with detail. That's why he went over budget and over schedule.
• You can either be a vain movie star, or you can try to shed some light on different aspects of the human condition.
• It's a really obvious thing to say, but the more people know too much about who you really are, and it's a fundamental thing, the more the mystery is taken away from the artist, and the harder it is for people to believe that person in a particular role.

Interesting Facts about Leonardo DiCaprio

1. (April 16, 1999) While filming The Beach (2000) off the coast of Thailand, Leonardo and others were swept off a camera boat by strong winds and waves. No one was injured.
2. His first publicity spot was about MILK.
3. In March 1998, he sued Playgirl magazine over plans to publish pictures -- including full frontal nudity -- of himself.
4. Ranked #75 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
5. Was considering starring in a movie about actor James Dean, but turned down the role because he felt he wasn't experienced enough to do the film. [1996]
6. Auditioned for the role of Dick Grayson/Robin in Batman Forever (1995), which went to Chris O'Donnell.
7. Chosen by People Magazine as one of the 50 Most Beautiful People in the World. [1998]
8. Younger stepbrother of Adam Farrar.
9. He and his family funded a state-of-the-art computer center at the Los Feliz branch of the Los Angeles Public Library, which was rebuilt after the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
10. A Manhattan appeals court decided to go ahead with a $45 million lawsuit against DiCaprio by actor and screenwriter Roger Wilson for allegedly encouraging his friends in a street fight with Wilson over advances DiCaprio's friends made toward Wilson's girlfriend, Elizabeth Berkley, outside the midtown Manhattan restaurant Asia de Cuba in the early hours of May 4, 1998. In 2004, the lawsuit was dismissed. Judge Paula Omansky said the lawsuit could proceed against a fourth man, Todd Healy, who admitted to hitting Wilson, though Healy claimed the move was in self-defense when he thought he saw Wilson reaching for something, possibly a weapon. In dismissing the action against DiCaprio, the jurist said Healy never heard the actor's alleged remark, and therefore could not have been incited by it. [2000]
11. At age 10, his agent advised him to change his name to a more American-friendly Lenny Williams. Needless to say, he did not follow that advice.
12. Was initially set to star as Alan Jensen in Harvard Man (2001), but the film's low budget could not afford to pay his salary, so he dropped out and Adrian Grenier took the lead.
13. Was initially cast as "Patrick Bateman" in American Psycho (2000) - for which he was reputedly offered over $20 million - but had to drop out due to scheduling conflicts. Christian Bale took the role instead.
14. In January 1999, his lawyers filed an application to allow DiCaprio to copyright his own name.
15. Attended Seeds Elementary School at UCLA where he took summer courses in performance art.
16. Ranked #42 in Premiere's 2003 annual Power 100 List. Had ranked #74 in 2002 and #60 in 2001.
17. Ranked #6 in Star TV's "Top 10 Box Office Stars of the 1990s" (2003).
18. Childhood friends with Tobey Maguire and the late Christopher Pettiet.
19. When his camera went missing, he offered a substantial reward of many thousands of pounds for its return. [November 2003]
20. Openly supported John Kerry in the 2004 election. He went around 11 states and gave 20 speeches about the environment and how the Bush Administration has damaged it.