Kate and Leo have had very mixed opinions about the film over the years. Leo first said that it wanted to make him quit acting due to being a teenage heartthrob, "It was pretty disheartening to be objectified like that. I wanted to stop acting for a little bit," he said at the magazine's Oscar panel discussion with other actors. "It changed my life in a lot of ways, but at the same time, I can't say that it didn't give me opportunities. It made me, for the first time, in control of my career."
http://www.usatoday.com/life/people/2007-01-21-dicaprio_x.htm But the other week in the UK's source, The Sun, he said, "But I am so glad to be part of that movie. Years from now, people will still be watching that film.
"I am part of something historical, in a lot of ways. It gave me so many opportunities, as an actor, to steer the course of my own destiny.
"I was able to take both my mother and grandmother to the world premiere of Titanic in London — one of my proudest moments."
http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/woman/4187548/Leonardo-DiCaprio-news-Titanic-actor-reveals-what-his-mother-taught-him-in-The-Sun-interview.html Although Kate made a liflong friend in Leo, she on the other hand said she would never work for James Cameron again because she nearly drowned, came down with flu and chipped a small bone in her elbow. "He's a nice guy, but the problem was that his vision for the film was as clear as it was. He has a temper like you wouldn't believe. There were times I was genuinely frightened of him."
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-1235154/Has-James-Cameron-Hollywoods-scariest-man-blown-200-million-biggest-movie-flop-ever.html The other day on a talk show that after she saw a sneak peak and her response was, "Oh God, make it stop! Is that me? Oh my God, that’s me. Block my ears, somebody! Somebody club out my senses. Make it f***ing stop!" But she say that, "A whole new generation is going to get to experience the film. 'It's very exciting that I can actually sit with them (her children Mia, 11, and eight-year-old Joe) - together - and we can all watch it in a movie theatre. That is going to be quite amazing, actually."
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