Leonardo DiCaprio Covers GQ, Talks Money And Success
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There are a lot of unbelievable things about the heartthrob Leonardo DiCaprio: his never-aging lady friends, his boyish good looks (that are seeing him through his thirties) and, of course, his mind-boggling success.
But, in the October issue of GQ, the actor reveals something even harder to swallow: though he earned a jaw-dropping $72 million dollars last year, in his younger days, DiCaprio had no idea his blockbusters were profitable.
“Throughout my career, I never knew which movies of mine made money and which didn't. When "Titanic" came out, people would say, ‘Do you realize what a success this is?’ And I'd say, ‘Yeah, yeah, it's a hit.’ The [money] stuff never mattered to me until I was into my thirties and got interested in producing, and people would show me charts explaining what finances a movie, what you'll make from foreign, what you'll make from domestic, what you need to make an R-rated film that's a comedy versus a drama. But even now I say that unless you want to prove that you can carry a film with your name, continuously trying to achieve box-office success is a dead end.”
It may be a dead end for other actors, but for Leo, it seems par for the course.
For more, click over to GQ.
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First Posted: 09/13/11 06:56 PM ET Updated: 11/13/11 05:12 AM ET