Leonardo DiCaprio pays tribute to activist Jane Goodall at funeral
Leonardo DiCaprio spoke at Jane Goodall’s funeral in Washington, D.C., about their friendship and shared activities.
Leonardo DiCaprio may be a Hollywood professional, but acting on the stage of life is a completely different animal.
Oscar-winning actor and former child actor DiCaprio opened up about his years of struggle to maintain his privacy in an interview with Time magazine on Monday, December 8th. DiCaprio, 51, was named the magazine’s 2025 Entertainer of the Year.
DiCaprio told the magazine, “I’ve been trying to balance my whole adult life, but I’m still not an expert.” “I think my simple philosophy is that I only go out and do something when I have something to say or something to show for it.”
Otherwise, DiCaprio said, “disappear for as long as you can.”
DiCaprio is a turn-of-the-century movie icon immortalized on screen in films such as Titanic, Romeo + Juliet, Inception and The Wolf of Wall Street, but his personal life has also garnered attention.
DiCaprio’s long-standing relationships, especially those with women much younger than him, have often been in the spotlight. The actor was recently reported to be in a relationship with Italian supermodel Vittoria Ceretti. The couple attended the Met Gala together in May, when Ceretti was 26 and DiCaprio was 50.
For DiCaprio, keeping a low profile has always been his MO, something he said he learned following the huge success of Titanic, which thrust the then-23-year-old into an “intense and overwhelming” public spotlight.
“I thought, ‘How can I have a long career? Because I love what I do,'” DiCaprio recalled. “And I feel like the best way to have a long career is to stay out of people’s faces.”
Leonardo DiCaprio remembers former co-star Diane Keaton
DiCaprio has shared the silver screen with many greats, but Diane Keaton remains the shining star.
DiCaprio co-starred with the late actor DiCaprio in the 1996 drama “Marvin’s Room.” The actor played Hank, Keaton’s nephew, with a star-studded cast that included Meryl Streep, Robert De Niro, and Cynthia Nixon.
“She had the biggest laugh,” DiCaprio told Time magazine. “That echoed throughout the set, and she made you feel like you were the funniest person in the world. I mean, you burst out laughing out loud. I’ll never forget it.”
Keaton, like DiCaprio, has also had his fair share of high-profile romances. She died on October 11th at the age of 79 after suffering from bacterial pneumonia.
“I felt like I lived to make her laugh every day on set, because it was so contagious,” DiCaprio said. “She was incredible.”
Contributor: Brendan Morrow, USA TODAY
