Leonardo DiCaprio talks about his goals, passions and marriage in Parade interview
Posted on October 1st, 2008 by Hot Momma
In the new issue of Parade, Leonardo DiCaprio who appears to be back on with model Bar Refaeli, talks about living a normal life, as he promotes his new movie, Body of Lies. Here are a few excerpts:
Of becoming an actor, he says:
“My parents never tried to steer me in any direction. I wanted to be an actor, but I never thought it was a real possibility, ever. I thought I’d be a marine biologist, because nature and evolution fascinated me.
“We’re all after love, aren’t we?” he says. “Love is what people are hungry for. That’s absolutely why I became an actor.”
On his life perspective:
“I hope I never get cynical. I think you need youthful energy, excitement, and optimism in life. There is a lot I want to do, and the more cynical you become, the more you sit on your butt and do nothing,” he says. “The one thing that I would love is to never become cynical about the things I think are really important, like family, like the environment.”
Smiling, he adds, “What I want is to be known as someone who stood for something.”
On the impact of his starring role in the the 1997 highest-grossing movie ever Titanic:
“I am proud to have been in Titanic,” he says. “I’m grateful for the possibilities it’s given me. If it hadn’t been for that movie, I wouldn’t have been able to take control of my career. It was during that time that I started to think about things that meant more to the world than this glorified, superficial media exposure of me, something I never felt was justified.” (The media are sure to be out in force again when he’s reunited with his Titanic co-star Kate Winslet in Revolutionary Road, opening this December.)
On the negative side-effect of his stardom in Titanic:
“Titanic was a period of rebellion for me,” he says. “I was very much portrayed in the press as a heartthrob. It wasn’t what I wanted to be. It was like a runaway train. This thing just took off. I didn’t understand what was happening to me. My instinctive reaction to this tabloid madness was to want to run away.” For two years he stayed away from making movies, trying to ignore the media circus, protecting what he could of his private life.
On how acting alone is not going to fulfill his life:
“What I definitely feel a need for is to make my life about more than just my career. Just last night I was thinking to myself how little of my life has been lived normally and not spent on some far-off movie location,” the actor, 33, says. “I want to get married and have children. In saying that, I realize I am contradicting everything I’ve said before. I absolutely believe in marriage.”
On getting passionately involved in trying to help save the Earth (Leonardo personally funds advocacy organizations and bankrolls a personal charitable foundation supporting environmental causes):
“This is so much more important than anything,” he says. “I began to understand the huge crisis facing the human race. But we can feed all the starving people on the Earth, take care of the sick, and sustain the planet we’ve inherited. And if it happens, won’t it be amazing? Stopping the destruction? I get overwhelmed just talking about it!”
Hi Leonardo DiCaprio,
I am sure that Leo will marry a housewife Farah as he wants to be married and have kids. I want
him to be happy as I care for him and want him to be well settled.Leo will never marry a model
as he does not like that. As a best friend and fan I wish him all the luck that he gets married soon
Leo my love I am with you and always by your side. He is going to be a sincere husband and dad.And he is an enviornmentalist an an actor who will always be successful. This is the year for
his marriage his wife will come and make him her husband. So Leo all my love is for you.
God Bless You,
Farah