Leonardo DiCaprio Quotes

I don't think I can call myself an actress yet. I just don't think my skill level is that high. I hope that with every job it gets better. But until I'm good, I can say I'm trying to be an actor, but I don't think I've completely made it.

I just want to keep acting and better my craft and see how far it goes.

I want to work with great filmmakers and great actors and get better as an actor.

There are a handful of actors who sustain interest because it's exciting to watch them get better at what they do. I want to be one of those actors.

I started out as a lousy actress and have remained one.

I think 'Humans' has massively improved me as an actor.

I got better as an actor, and still I'm getting better. That's only been possible because there's always been work.

I feel that I have grown so much as an actor being on 'Homeland.'

I never wanted to be an actress, really. I sort of caught the bug fairly late. So many people are so intrigued with the glamour and celebrity of acting, and a lot of actors start acting when they are 9 or 10 years old - so young. I started when I was about 24.

There are not many things in my life I can be absolutely proud of or certain I got right, but one of them is that I've got better as an actor. I've learnt how to do it. And I still have enough energy to do it.

I don't think once you book a part you should stop going to class. I think you should constantly remind yourself that you're working and that you're working on getting better.

I always wanted to be a good actress and a serious actress. I wasn't in the profession to, quote-unquote, meet the stars.

There's this assumption that as an actor, Hollywood is always the end point, but I never thought along those lines.

I had agents in Australia; I just never had any auditions. And if you can't audition, then you can't work. I studied there. I did classes there. I learned how to act. Growing up there, I discovered my love for acting, but I just wasn't getting the opportunities to work professionally.

I see each project as an opportunity to grow as a person and as an actor.

I believe that you become a better actor only when you work with people far better than you are.

In terms of my development as an artist, playing Professor Sprout wasn't all that important because she is well within my capabilities as an actress. But in terms of marketability, it made an enormous difference.

For me, it was much more important to continue to learn my craft as an actor and get a bit of flesh on the bones.

I don't know if I've become a better actor or a more sensitive one. But I've learnt what not to do.

I remember being a teenager and saying, 'Oh, I want to be an actress when I grow up.' And people saying, 'You need to be a good liar - are you a good liar?'

When you're working with really good actors, it raises your own game and you get better.

I'm just looking to be in the best movies possible and do the best work possible and try to become a better actor and make better movies.

Once the second season of 'Haven' rolled around, I really started to attack this acting thing and finally admitted, 'OK, I'm an actor now. This is what I'm doing. This is my new career.'

The hard thing is making sure you work with wonderful people and that you get something out of it so that you can get better as an actor.

I think there are some people who have talent flying out of their fingers and other actors who hone their craft. I am an actor who found their way. I bettered myself throughout my career, and I am proud of that fact.