The story of Leonardo DiCaprio

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He's been constantly swamped by cameras at Festival de Cannes. But Leonardo DiCaprio isn't just famous for his illustrious film career, he's also known as one of Hollywood's most vocal climate advocates.

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00:00Leonardo is just very sincere, he's a very sincere young man and he cares deeply about

00:29people, he cares deeply about his friends and he cares deeply about what he does in

00:36the business and about his craft.

00:42There's kind of no joking around with him when it comes to the work itself, he's as

00:47serious as he possibly can be.

00:59I grew up in this industry, I know this town, so many of my friends are actors, I know how

01:16hard it is to get work and I know how lucky I was to be in the right place at the right

01:22time and had that not happened my life would be drastically different and I think that

01:28look we all battle with those demons and that sort of voice in your head.

01:41I'd always dream that I'd be an actor and be doing well, I mean I always had fantasies

01:46about that.

01:47Now that you're becoming more popular, people are really kind of watching you, does that

01:51bother you at all?

01:54Well you know, no because of course if you're an actor and everything or anyone in the entertainment

02:00business you're going to be watched, I mean the first wrong move you do is going to be

02:03you know pushed all over the world and that's just something that comes along with being

02:07in the entertainment business and if you want to be an entertainer you can't complain about

02:11it.

02:41Thousands of climate scientists agree that global warming is not only the most threatening

02:51environmental problem but one of the greatest challenges facing all of humanity.

03:08I'm taking the role of a concerned citizen like everybody else, I think like all of us

03:13do we see that there are dramatic changes happening to our planet, it's hard not to.

03:18Certainly in the United States we are the ones that should set an example for the rest

03:22of the world, we are the most powerful democracy in the planet but we're also the, we're the

03:28largest polluters.

03:46As an actor I pretend for a living, I play fictitious characters often solving fictitious

03:53problems. I believe that mankind has looked at climate change in that same way, as if

03:59it were a fiction. Clean air and a livable climate are inalienable human rights and solving

04:06this crisis is not a question of politics, it is a question of our own survival.

04:21The challenges before us require each and every one of us to take action, we owe this

04:26to ourselves but more importantly we owe it to future generations who are counting on

04:32all of us.

04:36If you do not believe in climate change, you do not believe in modern science or empirical

04:50truths and you will be on the wrong side of history. The time is now, it's imperative

04:55that we act and I really wanted tonight, I feel so overwhelmed with gratitude for what

05:05happened tonight but I feel there is a ticking clock out there, there is a sense of urgency

05:11that we all must do something proactive about this issue.

05:14We should not have a candidate who doesn't believe in modern science to be leading our

05:27country. Climate change is one of the most concerning issues facing all of humanity and

05:34the United States needs to do its part.

05:37We should not have people in office that do not believe in facts and truths and modern

05:45science that are able to manipulate and risk the entire future of this entire generation.

06:07I have been long concerned about extinction, about the loss of biodiversity, the disappearance

06:17of our fragile ecosystems all being wiped out by human greed and indifference. So with

06:25that I started my foundation LDF 20 years ago to work on these issues. So as the old

06:31saying goes, never doubt that a small group of thoughtful committed citizens can change

06:37the world.

06:38It was an incredible ease and comfort getting to work alongside Brad. I mean we kind of

07:03grew up in the same generation, got our start around the same time.

07:27It was his idea too with his father George DiCaprio so this is something he wanted to

07:31discuss and so we did it. It obviously helps with visibility but he wanted to do this

07:39to give the platform to the people in the film who are really coming up with a solution.

07:43Not about him, it's about the people in the movie.

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