Leonardo DiCaprio Quotes

When I have a chance to make some movies, I am 200 percent to concentrate about my works.

I would love to direct some day. It's a good job for a control freak.

I try to make films that I find exciting. It makes me want to get out of bed at five in the morning, have my make-up done and play for the rest of the day.

I always loved movies. I wanted to be in them! I always saw them and said, 'How do you do that?' It seemed like going to the moon. It was not a rational thought, but that's the only thing I wanted to do.

Effectively, as a cinematographer, I am always on the lookout for a project that makes me want to go to the cinema.

I really, really love directing films.

When I see films like 'Lagaan' and 'Rang De Basanti,' I feel, 'Why can't I do work like this?' Then you think and realise you need to learn more to make this kind of a film or write this kind of a film. Also, somewhere down the line, you need to be brave.

A lot of directors, they're creative, but they're different.

We must be able to inspire. That's my goal in acting.

I watch 'Goodfellas,' and suddenly it frees me up entirely; it reminds me of what great film directing is all about.

I think you get out of film school what you put into it. If you don't care about making movies, film school will do you no good.

My passion is doing movies, and as long as I keep doing that, I'll be happy. I want to do movies, fun roles and dramatic ones. I love all of it.

My style of songwriting is influenced by cinema. I'm a frustrated filmmaker. A fan once said to me, 'Girl, you make me see pictures in my head!' and I took that as a great compliment. That's exactly my intention.

At the end of Requiem all I wanted to do was get a DV camera and just do a small film. But then the hunger comes back.

I love directing.

The films I want to make, I really want to be passionate about.

I came to the industry with wide eyes and an open heart thinking I was going to make a few films that really meant something that I could pour myself into.

I love film. I am very blessed to be making movies.

As far as I'm concerned, an audience is an audience. Whether it's an audience in Hull or the National Theatre, that's who you play to. It's not money - it's good to get some, but that's not why I do it. You do it because you have to, to tell a story.

It's cool for me because I'm a director, but I'm also a teacher. I'm a lover of cinema, and I love working with people who are hungry and have the energy to really do better work.

Well, the wonderful thing about making movies, oddly enough, is that they're sort of highly motivated graduate studies in one or another field.

The thing about this business is that you always end up finding these amazing stories and these amazing people who make amazing films. I just want to work with good people and keep challenging myself with different kinds of characters.

I'm hoping one day I can make one really good film.

My mentors are people like Cameron Crowe and Carrie Fisher.

There are lots of good directors I would like to work with; I want to be inspired and challenged by them.