Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo: (after dating Bar Rafaeli after nine years) I absolutely believe in marriage. In saying that I realise I am contradicting everything I've said before. Yes, I want to get married and have children.

Leonardo: (about his craziest encounter with a fan) That was the most surreal, because Titanic had just come out, and I was going on a commercial flight to Europe or Japan, and this young [14-year-old] girl came up to me with this real wild look in her eyes and clutched my leg, and dug into my leg with all her might. And I looked down at her, and it was the most surreal thing in the world...I was trying to communicate with her, saying, "It's okay. You can stand up. I'll talk to you. We'll have a conversation. It doesn't have to be like this." And that's when I realized that things were gonna be different.

Leonardo: (revealing he doesn't mind that he hasn't won an Oscar yet) The truth of the matter is that I have a lot to prove to myself still as an actor. And I still have that kind of thirst to want to do a performance that I'm happy with.

Leo: (on working with Kate Winslet on Revolutionary Road 12 years after Titanic) To have her there was kind of reassuring and nice. To have the three of us (including Kathy Bates) together it was kind of like a neat coming of age party. It's been 12 years since Titanic.

Leonardo: I prefer ordinary girls - you know, college students, waitresses, that sort of thing. Most of the girls I go out with are just good friends. Just because I go out to the cinema with a girl, it doesn't mean we are dating.

Leonardo: (on working with Robert De Niro) When I worked with him, it was the first time I saw somebody taking acting so seriously. I couldn't work out what was going on. He was asking the prop guy to change things four or five times. But I realised that those details were Important to him and that those things make a good performance. He was a role model for me.

Leonardo: The first kiss I had was the most disgusting thing in my life. The girl injected about a pound of saliva into my mouth, and when I walked away I had to spit it all out.

Leonardo: (on learning skills from a Zimbabwean mercenary) He taught me military aspects, tracking, surviving in the bush and spoke about his mixed feelings of being an African man who loved the continent, but had been consistently disappointed by a lot of the political situations. I heard about the atrocities he had seen first hand in these war zones. I spent as much time with these people as possible, trying to extract some of their personal stories and put that into my character.

Leonardo: (on mastering a Zimbabwean accent) This really was a foreign accent for me. I had never spent any time with any south African mercenaries, so it was a matter of going out and seeking these men out, hearing their stories, spending as much time with them as possible. I was getting drinks with them, getting them drunk.

Leonardo: When you're my age and your hormones are kicking in there's not much besides sex that's on your mind. I do believe in love at first sight, though it hasn't happened to me yet.

Leonardo: I have been intrigued with the life of Howard Hughes since I read a book on him when I was twenty. He is without a doubt, the most interesting, multi-dimensional character that I could ever play.

Leonardo: I don't see why I can't have friends of both sexes without wild rumors being circulated. It's crazy.

Leonardo: With Romeo and Juliet, you're talking about two people who meet one night, and get married the same night. I believe in love at first sight-but it hasn't happened to me yet.

Leonardo: At first I thought I would have to put on an English accent and try a sort of affected Shakespeare thing.

Leonardo: I kind of feel like the same person except more time has gone by. I hate to say that I feel like an adult now. I have to admit I wish I was still 18. After all, even through the time while I was representing that wild kid, I really wasn't. I was just living my life. I was just not making movies at the time. (on turning 30)

Leonardo: I hate being selected as 'Babe of the Month' and being called 'hunk'.