Leonardo DiCaprio Quotes

No one has ever told me that I act badly. It is just that most of the films I did didn't click.

When you're promoting a film it's really interesting trying to gauge what people think about it.

When something is not liked by people, you cannot make it run, however big actor or producer you may be. The audience has to make it a hit. The power is in the hands of the public.

Listen, you make a big movie, you're going into the Coliseum, and people are going to give you the thumbs up or the thumbs down. And that's part of the game. It's part of the fun as well.

Every piece of entertainment is made with the idea that 'This is going to be terrific' and 'This is the best thing I've ever done' and then it hits the public and then the public tells you whether it's good or bad.

I don't read good reviews. I like to know what percentages are going on. When Sony sends out something saying that people are liking the movie, I like to know that, but I don't actually sit and read the good stuff.

For instance, 'The Sixth Sense' had mediocre to bad reviews. Slowly, the audience pushed it and it received critical attention.

If your movies don't perform, they just stop calling you.

People will say a movie bombed at the box office but I couldn't care less.

I haven't read a review of one of my films for the best part of 10 years.

There's two kinds of press that you get when you put out a TV show: The reviews, and the people that just decide what the reviews say.

I don't generally do movies that get good reviews.

And the insidious thing is that people will either see a movie because it did well last weekend or won't see it because it didn't do well.

I can't make a choice to do a movie because people will go see it. People look at what a movie becomes and decide if they'll see it.

You know, it's not the people in Hollywood who go to see movies that will make a movie successful; it's the people all around the country; it's word-of-mouth.

It's hard to market a movie when you're at the mercy of critics and journalists.

If the film is good, it will work whether it has a star or no star.

If you do a brilliant work and if the audience don't like it, what's the point.

Nobody can link the success of a movie with a particular artiste.

Critics can get you critical acclaim - nothing more than that. Success or failure depends on the public.

I do not keep a track of numbers as such, but I am definitely aware of how a film of mine is doing when it is playing in theatres. More than the numbers, it is important to know how the audience is reacting to the film.

I've seen many shows ruined by bad reviews and good reviews, so I always tell my actors not to read the reviews until after the run is over.

We work hard on every film, and then it's up to the audience whether they like it or not. At the end of the day, it is the audience wish what to accept and what not.

In films, you will be judged by your last hit or, let's say, your last film.

No matter how much buzz you create for a film, it's the content that finally gets judged.