"You don't see a lot of movies like this. This film is about valor and passion and honor, as opposed to the machismo thing you see in a lot of films these days. This story is very complex. It has twists and turns, and many layers of emotion."--Leonardo DiCaprio
"Philippe has spent a lot of time alone and has had a lot of time to think about his situation. He’s also had a life of complete mystery because he really has no idea he came from, what background is or why he’s been put in this mask for his whole teenage life."--Leonardo DiCaprio
"I was expecting the worst because you have all these world-class actors who have been nominated for Oscars® and are all highly acclaimed and I had to see how they would all mesh together. But as soon as we got there it was a totally relaxed environment, which I didn’t expect. All of them just joke around constantly like schoolboys and I was definitely included in that." --Leonardo DiCaprio about his co-stars
"It definitely got claustrophobic. I sometimes felt like bashing my head against the wall with fustration" --Leonardo DiCaprio about the infamous mask:)
"It becomes you, but you have to fight all the urges you have to scratch your face off" --Leonardo DiCaprio on being in the iron mask
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