Top 30 Leonardo DiCaprio Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “A man’s legacy is determined by how the story ends.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

2. “Climate change is real. It is happening right now. It is the most urgent threat facing our entire species, and we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Featured in: Impact Quotes, Changing the World Quotes, Taking Action Quotes, Environment Quotes, Earth Day Quotes

3. “I’m still exploring in a lot of ways. I don’t know myself completely.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

4. “We only get one planet.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Featured in: Nature Quotes

5. “A single idea from the human mind can build cities. An idea can transform the world and rewrite all the rules.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Featured in: Mind Quotes, Quotes About Ideas

6. “It’s a weird feeling when people are defining you, and you haven’t even defined yourself.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Featured in: Identity Quotes, Quotes About Feelings

7. “You have to enjoy life in the process. It may sound corny, but it’s true. At the end of the day, we can’t always achieve everything that we dream of but you do have to enjoy life in the process.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Featured in: Experience Quotes, Self-Care Quotes, Journey Quotes, Enjoy Life Quotes

8. “Dreams feel real while we’re in them. It’s only when we wake up that we realize something was actually strange.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Featured in: Real Quotes, Vision Quotes

9. “If you can do what you do best and be happy, you’re further along in life than most people.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Featured in: Enjoy Life Quotes, Being Happy Quotes

10. “My mother is a walking miracle.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Featured in: Grateful Quotes, Miracle Quotes, I Appreciate You Quotes, Motherhood Quotes

11. “We are facing a tipping point of environmental crisis unprecedented in human history and our very survival is dependent on protecting nature.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

12. “It’s easy to be an expert if you’re the only one in the world with an interest.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

13. “Raising awareness on the most pressing environmental issues of our time is more important than ever.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Featured in: Environment Quotes, Important Quotes

14. “Protecting our future on this planet depends on the conscious evolution of our species.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

15. “Climate change is severely impacting the health of our planet and all of its inhabitants, and we must transition to a clean energy economy that does not rely on fossil fuels.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Featured in: Changing the World Quotes, Environment Quotes, Energy Quotes

16. “School, I never truly got the knack of. I could never focus on things I didn’t want to learn.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Featured in: School Quotes

17. “When I was young I used to have this thing where I wanted to see everything I used to think ‘How can I die without seeing every inch of this world?’”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Featured in: Quotes About the World, Hate Quotes

18. “Our planet’s alarm is going off, and it is time to wake up and take action!”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

19. “To believe in love, to be ready to give up anything for it, to be willing to risk your life for it, is the ultimate tragedy.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Featured in: Risk-Taking Quotes

20. “It’s amazing to completely focus on something for four, five or six months, have it completely consume your life and be constantly thinking about somebody else’s set of circumstances and how they would react to something. I find it fascinating. It’s rewarding and on a professional and personal level.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

21. “One of my passions is to meet people and then imitate them. I love doing that.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

22. “Dark green is my favorite color. It’s the color of nature and the color of money and the color of moss!”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

23. “As we progress into the twenty-first century, anyone who considers themselves a realist will have to make the environment a top priority.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Featured in: Progress Quotes

24. “Don’t think for a moment that I’m really like any of the characters I’ve played. I’m not. That’s why it’s called ‘acting’.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

25. “I have no problem playing anyone who has different politics than me. In fact, I don’t take that into consideration at all. You have to find something sympathetic in a man. It’s that common ground you need to connect with someone.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

26. “I created my foundation as a result of that and my website, and I try to shed some light on some very topical issues right now. The idea is to try to get people to become obviously more knowledgeable about the issue and try to get corporations and individuals to contribute to these nonprofit organizations.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

27. “My parents know I was outgoing as a child, and whenever people came over I’d automatically do impressions of them as soon as they left; it was my mom’s favorite thing.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

28. “At some point in your career, someone is going to tell you, “This stove is hot. Do not touch this stove.” And the weird thing is, you’ll want to touch it. But resist that urge, man.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

Featured in: Inspirational Career Quotes

29. “I’ve got this reputation for shooting one take which is a wonderful reputation to have but it’s hard to live up to.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio

30. “Portraying emotionally ill characters gives me the chance to really act.”

— Leonardo DiCaprio