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Jan 21, 2007 3:22 pm US/Eastern

'Titanic' Reaction Made DiCaprio Want To Quit

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Click to enlarge 1 of 1: Leonardo DiCaprio is a front-runner for an Oscar nomination for his roles in "Blood Diamond" and "The Departed." (File)
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Leonardo DiCaprio wanted to give up acting for a time after the hit movie "Titanic."

DiCaprio was back to being considered "another piece of cute meat" after the 1997 film's spectacular box office success, an image he had wanted to get away after his days on the cover of teen magazines, he told Newsweek for editions on newsstands Monday.

"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."

After many successful movies and critical acclaim, DiCaprio said he loves acting.

"There's no other art form in the world that affects me more. There's nothing that I walk away from feeling transformed by the way I do with cinema," he said.

DiCaprio received two Golden Globe nominations this year, both in the best actor category, for his roles in "Blood Diamond" and "The Departed." Forest Whitaker took home the prize for "The Last King of Scotland."

DiCaprio won the best actor Golden Globe in 2005 for his portrayal of Howard Hughes in "The Aviator." He's been nominated twice for an Oscar: best supporting actor in 1993 for "What's Eating Golbert Grape" and best actor for "The Aviator."