So, What Happens After Leonardo DiCaprio Wins His Oscar?
- 8 years ago
Leonardo DiCaprio wasn't sure he even wanted to win an Oscar the first time he was nominated.
"I remember being really paranoid about ever having to go up in front of a billion people," the 41-year-old actor recently recalled to ET.
He was 19, and the movie was 1993's What's Eating Gilbert Grape.
"I didn't quite have the concept that if you ever gave a speech at the Oscars, like a billion people are watching you," he continued.
"So, as soon as I heard that, I remember saying, 'I really don't want to have a speech even prepared, 'cause I don't want to go up there.'"
He ultimately did lose that first nomination -- for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, playing Johnny Depp's developmentally disabled younger brother, Arnie Grape -- to Tommy Lee Jones for The Fugitive.
"I remember being really paranoid about ever having to go up in front of a billion people," the 41-year-old actor recently recalled to ET.
He was 19, and the movie was 1993's What's Eating Gilbert Grape.
"I didn't quite have the concept that if you ever gave a speech at the Oscars, like a billion people are watching you," he continued.
"So, as soon as I heard that, I remember saying, 'I really don't want to have a speech even prepared, 'cause I don't want to go up there.'"
He ultimately did lose that first nomination -- for Best Actor in a Supporting Role, playing Johnny Depp's developmentally disabled younger brother, Arnie Grape -- to Tommy Lee Jones for The Fugitive.