Leonardo DiCaprio is on the cover of the current issue of Esquire.  They’ve got him trying to channel a 1950s Rat Pack vibe, which is generally a safe bet if you want to portray cool.  But it just makes Leo look old.   And he sounds like he’s feeling old too, viewing his life in retrospective.  Check these interview highlights.

On his childhood:

I was the most insane child you can imagine, pretty intolerable to be around. High-octane energy all the time, never wanting to focus on schoolwork.

On getting older:

What you risk just to have thrills when you’re in your twenties is absurd. It’s all part of that process of doing things that are daring to be accepted by your peers — and it’s absolutely insane. You can enter a never-ending vapid hole trying to catch the next exciting moment without ever stopping to appreciate it. It can be a never-ending process of chasing something that isn’t there. I know it’s a cliché, but I’m happy to be alive. I went skydiving and my chutes didn’t open. Two of them.

On his early acting career:

Probably the only thing I knew with complete clarity was that I wanted to be an actor. But there was a lot of rejection early on, and so it never felt like, Hey, I’ve got something here. There was always an element of me that needed to prove something to myself. It’s something I don’t want to get rid of, because it’s what drives me. I’m never settled and I’m never satisfied.

Leo’s latest movie Inception, directed by Christopher Nolan, is due out this summer.

Photo Source:  Esquire

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