Leonardo DiCaprio shares the truth behind going public with a secret

Leonardo Dicaprio has revealed why he largely prefers to stay out of the public eye.

talking to Time Magazine after being named the publication’s “Entertainer of the Year”. titanic actor He talked about his decision not to keep a high public profile so that other people would have a chance to remember him.

“I’ve been managing with a balance my entire adult life, and yet I’m no expert,” he said in the interview. Published on Monday“I guess my simple philosophy is just go out and do something when you have something to say, or you have something to show, Otherwise, disappear as much as possible,”

The concept began in 1997, soon after their success titanic film, where he wondered how his career could last without film and television viewers becoming upset with him.

“I was like, ‘Okay, how am I going to have this long a career?'” he recalled. “Because I love what I do, and I think the best way to have a long career is to stay out of the public eye[s],

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despite this the great Gatsby The actor’s desire to remain secret, His dating life continues to attract attention In the last few years. As of 2023, he has never publicly dated a woman older than 25.

Over the years, DiCaprio has been romantically involved with a number of models and actors, who in some cases are almost half his current age, including big names such as Naomi Campbell and Blake Lively.

For the last two years, The Wolf of Wall Street The actor is dating 27-year-old Italian model Vittoria Ceretti.

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This isn’t the first time DiCaprio has talked about the beginning of his acting career. during an episode of new heights Podcast in September, DiCaprio recalled trying to get an agent as a child actor, saying that agencies would line people up “like cattle”, and would line up to say “yes” or “no”.

“I remember saying to my dad, ‘This is terrible,'” he said. “But I went back and they did it again.”

But when DiCaprio “finally” got an agent when he was about 12 or 13, “they said, ‘Your name is too ethnic,'” he recalled. “I say, ‘What do you mean? It’s Leonardo DiCaprio.’ They say, ‘No, too ethnicThey will never hire you, Your new name is Lenny Williams,”

The new name was supposed to be both a nickname for Leonardo and a version of DiCaprio’s middle name, which is Wilhelm. However, his father did not appreciate the change after seeing the name Lenny Williams printed on his son’s headshot.

“My father saw this picture, tore it up and said, ‘Over my dead body.'”