Leonardo DiCaprio Covers Esquire

Posted on February 12, 2010 - 3:45pm by loretta Leonardo DiCaprio sat down with Esquire to talk about nude scenes, Titanic fame and more. On Growing Up: "The earliest memories I have are jumping onstage before concerts in downtown L.A. and trying to get on the mic and break-dance, or do imitations of my mother's friends or my father's friends, or be a comic in class. 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 Nude Scenes: "Kate Winslet is one of my dearest friends. We have the ultimate trust in each other and the best intentions for what we want to do. I knew Kate before Sam [Mendes, her husband] even met her. So on the outside, it may seem strange to do a sex scene with a woman while her husband is directing. But it didn't feel that way to me. When the scene was about to start, Kate said, in front of the crew, 'Wait, wait, this is totally weird.' She turned to both Sam and I and said, 'Are you guys okay?' We both looked at each other and said, Yeah, we're totally fine. She said, 'It's even weirder that you're both totally fine.'" On Titanic Fame: "It wasn't the era of penetrating Internet paparazzi that we have now. but my name wasn't me anymore. I was sort of this thing. Kate felt it, too. But a lot of the attention was on me because of the teenage girls who repeatedly went to see the movie. I had the blond hair, and I was Jack Dawson, this heroic figure. When I sat in the theater, it was, Oh, my God, she's the only person who looks completely natural. She's the only person who actually made her character into a real human being who would have an erratic moment because those erratic moments are what make you more human. That was a huge moment of discovery." For more of Leonardo's interview click here. [gallery]