Leonardo DiCaprio Quotes

When I booked 'This Is Us,' I had 81 cents in my bank account.

I've been very lucky in the characters I've chosen. Up until last year I was a nobody. I did jobs I booked because I needed to put food in my mouth.

There was a point in time where I was doing movies to be able to afford to live in a certain way.

I believe that God's dream is that we be successful in our careers, and that we be able to send our kids to college. I don't mean that everyone is going to be rich, and I preach a lot on blooming where you're planted. But I don't have the mindset that money is a bad thing.

If you're broke, you don't want to rap about being broke; you gonna rap about hustling and getting that bread.

I just thought acting would be something to help out with my student loans, but my first year as an actress, I made more money than my parents. That's when I realized it could turn into a career. After that, I put everything I had into it.

You know, your whole life you're concerned about money for this and that. And then you don't have to worry about it, so you worry about other stuff.

I never wanted money worries to slow me down or make me take a job I didn't want.

Fortunately, now I've got myself in a position where things are about story and not money. In my earlier career, it was more about getting my foot in the door and to get enough money to live, to be perfectly honest.

I never thought to ever ask for money. I was so stupid.

I had one year of struggle. My parents were always there, but I didn't want to rely on them. Now it's moving pretty fast. I'm not rich, but obviously this is fantastic. All I know to do with money is put it in a shoebox anyway.

I refuse to feel guilty. I feel guilty about too much in my life but not about money. I went through periods when I had nothing, so somebody in my family has to get stinkin' wealthy.

Money's important. Everyone cares about money. And when you don't have money, money becomes the overriding obsession of your life.

Rumors of my wealth are greatly exaggerated. I have never been interested in money.

I don't believe we are supposed to go through life defeated and not having enough money to pay our bills or send our kids to college.

Acting never was about the money for me... Maybe in 10 years, I'll be able to appreciate the fact that I am financially stable and independent and I don't have to make bad choices. I can be very picky.

I came to New York with $500. That was a lot of money because my allowance was 50 cents.

Before 'Power,' I got down to $86 in my bank account. I don't know if I feel successful as much as I feel relieved because for the first time in my life I'm not scared about how I'm going to pay my rent, and I can start to put money away.

Be it understood you are never rich when you get no advantage from it.

Money is just a way of keeping score.

Money to me is not a factor in my life.

The happiest I ever been was when I was a struggling actor. I've had big houses and small houses. I always had work available for most of my career. When I actually had to find jobs to make money, that's when I was happy.

I went to a few really bad commercial auditions because I needed the money, and when you booked a commercial, your life was made: you could eat.

I never cared about money because I never needed money, you know what I mean? When I was 12 to 17 I never saw any of the money, so the money never motivated me.

I never set money as a goal. It was a result.