Leonardo DiCaprio, “I turned fifty years, but I feel 32”

Time also passes through Hollywood stars, but Leonardo DiCaprio does not seem to worry about it too much. At 50, turned last November, the actor of Titanic And The Wolf of Wall Street He says he feels “as if I were 32 years old”.

Revealed it in an interview a Esquire Ukconducted by the American director Paul Thomas Anderson, who directed him in his new action thriller One Battle After Another. To the question “If I didn’t know how old you are, how many would you give?” Dicaprio replied: “Thirty -two”.

And he reflected on the new decade of life that awaits him: “You want to be more honest and not to waste time. I imagine how the next decades will go: I look at my mother, for example, and she says exactly what she thinks, without wasting time to pretend ».

An awareness that is reflected in all the areas of his life: «Being more direct, even risking that things go to the roll or that there are divergences, or that a relationship, personal or professional, ends. You don’t want to waste time anymore. It is almost a responsibility, because there is now more life behind you than in front».

Dicaprio also tells of having learned how not to fall on the emotional void that often follows the end of a film: «I think I am good at avoiding it because I take a long time between one project and another. I do things more rarely, So when I finish shooting I want to go back to my real life. On the set everything stops, personal life breaks. If I worked tirelessly, from one movie to another, I would ask myself: “What do I come back to?” ».

Despite a career dotted with prizes, including an Oscar winner and a Bafta for Revenant in 2015, Leonardo DiCaprio confesses a regret: not having participated in Boogie Nights, Film directed by Anderson himself in 1997. As for past projects, there is a title that seeks more willingly than others: “I rarely watch my films, but I have revised him several times: The aviator. It was a special moment. I had brought with me for ten years a book on Howard Hughes and I almost had made him with Michael Mann, but then he ended up in the hands of Marty (Martin Scorsese). I was 30 years old and it was the first time I felt an integral part of the production, not just an actor hired for a role. I felt responsible for a new way. I will always remain proud and linked to that film ».

Source: Vanity Fair

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