I’m Not Planning To Be A Movie Director Anytime Soon – Leonardo DiCaprio

Leonardo DiCaprio

Hollywood actor Leonardo DiCaprio has said that he doesn’t have plans to transition to directing any time soon. He recently had his say while speaking with acclaimed filmmaker Martin Scorsese during TIME magazine’s A Year in TIME event in New York City.

According to him, he really doesn’t have any desire to direct, especially because he knows he can never live up to Scorsese’s greatness.

DiCaprio, however, added that he wish he had taken a step back during some of his past films and observed the filmmaking process in its entirety.

His words, “Some people have asked me if I wanted to direct. I’m like, ‘I would never want to direct. I could never do anything close to what Martin Scorsese does. Why would I do that?’

You play these characters, you try to get into the depth of their soul as much as you possibly can. And I would’ve loved to be much more of a voyeur … to watch what you (Scorsese) do behind the camera.

If I look back on anything, I would’ve loved to have observed that process behind the camera a lot more.

That’s been our process a lot, I think, working together … the ability to almost have a debate for months before and lots of questions, and lots of playing devil’s advocate about a way to approach things that may not be the most obvious direction

We’re doing that on the new film that we’re doing now, but it’s been absolutely one of the most profound learning experiences.

I grew up watching movies very young — wanting to be an actor. My father brought me to see Marty’s work, along with Mr. [Robert] De Niro’s, and said, ‘If there’s anyone you want to strive to work with in your career, now that you have the capability of doing movies, it’s with this gentleman.’ So I got to see Marty’s work very, very early on.”

WOW.

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