Leonardo DiCaprio Discusses 'The Wolf of Wall Street' - YouTube

Channel: TheEllenShow

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- OH!
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- FIRST OFF, I GOT TO SAY,
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I SAW SOME OF YOU GUYS DANCING THERE,
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AND YOU GUYS ARE ABSOLUTELY KILLING IT.
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- YEAH. - CONGRATULATIONS.
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PRETTY AWESOME.
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[cheers and applause]
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- YOU--EVEN IF YOU HAVEN'T SEEN THE MOVIE,
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IF YOU'VE SEEN THE TRAILER,
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THEY SHOW A LITTLE BIT OF HIM DANCING.
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YOU'RE A GREAT DANCER. YOU ACTUALLY--
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THAT LITTLE SCENE WHERE YOU'RE DANCING...
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- YEAH. - YOU'RE A GOOD DANCER.
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- I USED TO BE A POP-LOCKER
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WHEN I WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
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- WERE YOU? - YEAH.
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IT'S ACTUALLY ONE OF THE REASONS
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WHY I DIDN'T GET AN AGENT, BECAUSE I AUDITIONED,
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AND I HAD, LIKE, A PUNK ROCK HAIRCUT,
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AND I DRESSED LIKE A LITTLE, YOU KNOW, STREET DANCER,
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AND THEY REJECTED ME.
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AW...
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[laughter]
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- I DISAGREE WITH THAT, BECAUSE I MET YOU--
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I THINK YOU WERE, LIKE, 16 YEARS OLD,
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AND YOU HAD JUST DONE "THIS BOY'S LIFE,"
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WHICH WAS YOUR FIRST FILM, REALLY.
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- IT WAS ON HOLLYWOOD BOULEVARD, RIGHT?
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I REMEMBER THAT.
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- YES, WE WERE AT AN AFTER-PARTY
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AT, LIKE, THE CHINESE THEATRE OR SOMETHING.
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[audience awwing]
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AND I'M TELLING YOU, YOU WERE SO...
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[laughter]
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YOU TOLD ME--I JUST--
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I JUST WAS LISTENING TO YOU TALK,
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AND I THOUGHT, "YOU ARE SO SPECIAL AND CHARMING."
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AND THEN YOU TOLD ME YOU'D JUST FINISHED THAT FILM,
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AND I HAD NEVER SEEN YOU IN ANYTHING,
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BUT I JUST KNEW YOU WERE GONNA BE SOMEBODY
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BECAUSE YOU WERE SO CHARMING.
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THEN YOU DID "WHAT'S EATING GILBERT GRAPE,"
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AND HE WAS AMAZING IN THAT.
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[cheers and applause]
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I FEEL LIKE I DISCOVERED YOU.
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- YOU FEEL LIKE YOU DISCOVERED--
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- I--I CLAIM STAKE ON YOU.
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I THINK I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR CAREER.
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- WELL, I...
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[laughter]
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I'VE ALWAYS BEEN A BIG FAN OF YOURS...
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- WELL, THANK YOU. - EVER SINCE I FIRST MET YOU.
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SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. - THANK YOU.
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BUT REALLY, YOU'RE--
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I MEAN, AND THIS-- THIS PERFORMANCE
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IN THIS MOVIE IS, UM...
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I REALLY WANT TO SAY IT'S YOUR BEST PERFORMANCE
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I'VE EVER SEEN. - OH, THANK YOU.
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- AND YOU'VE DONE SOME GREAT MOVIES.
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BUT IN THIS MOVIE, YOUR PERFORMANCE IS OUTSTANDING.
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- THANK YOU.
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- AND YOU'RE NOMINATED FOR A GOLDEN GLOBE.
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WELL-DESERVED.
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[cheers and applause]
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AND...
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[cheers and applause]
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YOU WERE THERE.
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I HOSTED THE OSCARS IN 2007,
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AND YOU WERE THERE IN THE FRONT ROW.
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YOU WERE NOMINATED FOR "BLOOD DIAMOND."
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I'M HOSTING AGAIN THIS YEAR,
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AND I PRAY I'M LOOKING OUT THERE
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AND SEEING YOU IN THE AUDIENCE FOR THIS,
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BECAUSE YOU DESERVE TO BE THERE.
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- YOU'RE VERY SWEET.
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- AND...
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OR JUST COME ANYWAY.
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- I MIGHT. I MIGHT.
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- YEAH.
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EVEN IF YOU DON'T GET NOMINATED--
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AS A SEAT-FILLER; I JUST WANT TO SEE YOU THERE.
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- I LOVE THOSE SEAT-FILLERS. - YEAH, JUST BE THERE.
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- LITERALLY, AS SOON AS YOU LEAVE FOR THE BATHROOM,
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SOMEBODY JUST SCOOTS IN AND GOES, "EXCUSE ME."
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AND THEY SIT RIGHT DOWN. - THEY'RE JUST RIGHT THERE.
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ALL DRESSED UP AND EVERYTHING. ALL RIGHT, SO TELL EVERYBODY--
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THIS MOVIE--YOU PRODUCED IT AS WELL, RIGHT?
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- YES.
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- SO YOU TOOK A LONG TIME TO MAKE IT.
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- I'D BEEN--I WAS FASCINATED BY THIS BOOK.
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I MEAN, JORDAN BELFORT LOOKS AT THIS
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AS A CAUTIONARY TALE.
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HE'S SORT OF REFLECTING ON HIS WILD, DEBAUCHEROUS,
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HEDONISTIC DAYS ON WALL STREET,
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WHERE HE WAS, YOU KNOW, CONSUMED BY GREED AND EXCESS.
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BUT HE WAS SO CANDID AND HONEST ABOUT IT,
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AND I REALLY WANTED TO PUT THIS UP ON SCREEN,
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'CAUSE IN A LOT OF WAYS, IT FELT LIKE A REFLECTION
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OF THE TIME THAT WE WERE LIVING IN.
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I MEAN, REALLY, ANYTHING GOES IN THIS FILM.
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IT IS ABSOLUTELY WILD.
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AND, YOU KNOW, MARTIN SCORSESE AND I DECIDED
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TO REALLY PULL NO PUNCHES AND REALLY GO FOR IT.
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- YEAH, IT'S-- BUT I CAN'T BELIEVE
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THAT EVERYTHING YOU SEE--
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AND WHEN YOU SEE THIS FILM, IT'S--
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FIRST OF ALL, IT'S SO GOOD,
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AND YOU AND JONAH HILL ARE GREAT TOGETHER,
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BUT THE SCENE WHEN YOU TAKE "QUAHLUDES" AND--
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- QUAALUDES. "QUAHLUDES"
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- I'M FROM NEW ORLEANS. WE--
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[laughter]
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WE SAID "QUAHLUDES."
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- [laughs]
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- BUT--I'M NOT KIDDING.
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I KNOW WHAT THEY'RE CALLED.
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[laughter]
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I'M FROM NEW ORLEANS.
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SO QUAALUDES--
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SO WHEN YOU TAKE THE QUAALUDES
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AND YOU HAVE TO MAKE YOUR WAY DOWN THE STEPS TO THE CAR,
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IT IS GENIUS HOW YOU DO THAT.
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LIKE, AND HOW MANY TAKES DID YOU HAVE TO DO?
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- GOD, WE WORKED ON THAT WHOLE SEQUENCE FOR A WEEK.
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ONE OF MY FAVORITE SEQUENCES IN "GOODFELLAS"
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IS WHERE RAY LIOTTA'S, LIKE, SPINNING THE--
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MIXING THE MARINARA.
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HE'S DOING DRUGS.
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HE'S GOT THE HELICOPTERS CIRCLING AROUND HIM.
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HIS NANNY WANTS TO TAKE HER HAT,
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AND THE COPS ARE COMING AFTER HIM.
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WE WANTED TO DO KIND OF A FILM WITHIN A FILM,
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SO WE REALLY WORKED REALLY HARD ON THIS QUAALUDE SEQUENCE
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WHERE, ESSENTIALLY, DONNIE HAS A BOTCHED MONEY DEAL--
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WHO'S PLAYED BY JONAH HILL--
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AND TO APOLOGIZE FOR THAT,
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HE GIVES ME THESE INCREDIBLY POWERFUL QUAALUDES.
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I SIMULTANEOUSLY FIND OUT THAT MY HOUSE IS BEING BUGGED
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BY THE FBI, AND I GOT TO GET BACK HOME TO HIM,
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'CAUSE HE'S ON THE PHONE WITH SWITZERLAND,
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AND IT TURNS INTO THIS SORT OF INSANE SEQUENCE.
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AND IT WAS PROBABLY THE MOST WILD THING
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I'VE EVER DONE IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.
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JONAH HILL AND I LOOKED AT EACH OTHER AND SAID,
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"HOW ARE ALLOWED TO DO THIS?
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HOW ARE ALLOWED TO GET PAID TO DO THIS FOR A LIVING?"
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IT WAS JUST INSANE.
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- IT WAS--AND JUST TO TAKE THAT MUCH TIME
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TO TRY TO CRAWL DOWN STAIRS
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AND TO TRY TO OPEN A CAR DOOR THAT OPENS UP...
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- MM-HMM.
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- AND FOR YOUR FOOT TO GET CAUGHT
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ON THAT DOOR, EVERY--
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I MEAN, THAT JUST WAS HILARIOUS.
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- I APPRECIATE THAT.
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I MEAN, I-- YOU KNOW, IT ALL RESULTED
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IN THIS INSANE SEQUENCE AT THE END
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WHERE JONAH DECIDES TO STUFF HAM INTO HIS MOUTH AS WELL,
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AND HE CRASHED INTO A PLATE GLASS TABLE,
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AND WE WERE DOING THIS CPR SEQUENCE,
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AND, YOU KNOW, THE BIG CHALLENGE THAT DAY--
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WE HAD TO DO 70 TAKES
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BECAUSE THEY COULDN'T GET THIS HAM
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TO STICK ON MY FACE.
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[laughter]
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AND THEY HAD TO PUT K-Y JELLY,
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AND THERE WAS LITERALLY A GUY THERE
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BEHIND THIS GUY WITH A PLASTIC SPOON
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JUST FLICKING HAM ON MY FACE ALL DAY LONG
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AS I'M DOING THIS INSANE SEQUENCE,
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BUT IT WAS--IT WAS ALMOST--
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IT WAS ONE OF THE MOST SURREAL THINGS I'VE EVER DONE
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IN MY ENTIRE CAREER.