Leonardo DiCaprio Quotes

I live in a country where I'd say nine out of ten people know me when I walk through the streets. There's people taking pictures, there's tabloids trying to make up stories. I'm used to that. The same thing when I'm in Australia or the U.K.: I get stopped.

We were at the level of fame where you just can't go anywhere.

If Cole and I are together, we're noticeable. Fan encounters come with the job, and you can't shy away from them.

I feel like a normal kid, still. I just get recognized in public now. People usually just want a picture.

Its all been very flattering and fun. It's a thrill to be recognized. I don't know, if it gets to the point like Tom Cruise, who can't walk down the street.

If people are taking pictures of me at Starbucks, it's not the end of the world. It's cool, it's fun, it's exciting.

I don't like being a celebrity.

You know, I look at Britney Spears who can't even drive without paparazzi in her face, and if I ever get to that level, which I don't expect, but if it does happen and success does happen to come my way, then I'm going to be prepared.

I've grown up in the press my entire life.

People recite lines to me all the time, anywhere I get recognized.

Sometimes you forget you're famous. You wonder, 'Why is that person staring at me?'

To be a celebrity, I couldn't think of anything more cringe-worthy.

I'm not Elvis. I don't get chased by paparazzi.

Look, at the same time that I don't want to be a celebrity, I understand that when you make movies you put yourself out in the public eye. I'd be a baby and a fool to be like, 'Why are there cameras taking pictures of me?' when I'm on a billboard for a movie. I think that's a very absurd concept.

I can't go anywhere without being recognized.

I understand that if you set out to be a celebrity, then you asked for it, but all I wanted to be was an actor.

Having bodyguards is just part of being famous, I think.

When you do a reality show and host shows, it's hard to have secrets.

Celebrity is very weird.

Of course I don't like the fact that my wife goes to the supermarket and there are photographers. But I realise that the press attention is the same wherever you go.

I don't want to be a celebrity.

I've been a minor celebrity since I was 23 years old.

I have lived in public as a somewhat recognizable person since I was a teenager. Emails I answer end up posted on sites; pictures of me and someone I just met, taken by a cellphone, literally number in the thousands and are easily accessed.

I still do the same things, but it's nice. If people recognize you, generally everyone's very respectful, very lovely, but I wonder what it's like for real celebrities.

I'm still coming to terms with what it's like to have people follow your personal life as well as your public life. It gets amusing.