You can easily tell Letterman is a veteran and Dicaprio is just starting cus letterman's trying to move the story along for the AUDIENCE, while Leo is just going at his OWN pace. Of all the generations you'd think the ADHD tiktokers would understand letterman's perspective the most but meh
This is so funny because I came to the comments to write EXACTLY this 😂 I was thinking I'm gonna use the clapping hands in between all caps. And then the first comment I see is this. Thank you! 😂😂
He was probably doing that thing that old people like to do where they think they’re helping young people in their same field but really they’re just making it about themselves and how much they know. I’m an engineer and the amount of old dudes I’ve worked with like this is insane.
@@lostpockets2227 I believe you’re trying to insult me, but that’s a really bad one if so. Of course employees with seniority make more money, what’s your point?
He would've told you, Dave, had you let him continue, that his mom while pregnant was looking at a DaVinci painting when he first kicked. Of course, that would require giving him time to speak.
@@jedinxf7 you are wrong. don't correct things if you don't know. DaVinci clearly indicates Leonardo da Vinci. If you lissen "questo è un DaVinci" nobody in italy nor elsewhere would think its something else than a Leonardo da Vinci artfact. At the contrary, Leonardo is a very common name: there are plenty of Italian artist named Leonardo. Only one is DaVinci.
@@giuseppinarestifo1093 he is completely right semantically. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci stands for leonardo son of piero from vinci. Vinci is a town. He didnt have a surname. Not much is known about his early life at all. So while everyone knows leonardo da vinci. Very few realize it just means leonardo from vinci. Like bob from Newark.
For anybody who wants the story: “DiCaprio's parents named him Leonardo because his pregnant mother first felt him kick while she was looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting in the Uffizi museum in Florence, Italy.” Source: Wikipedia Edit: some comments suggest that this is not true. I have no idea, at the end of the day it doesn’t really matter and I don’t really care. But perhaps this may-be wrong
Between him and Howard Stern, I remain dumbfounded as to how either one of those people had a career outside of radio. Just unbelievably terrible interviewers, but that’s just me
@@strollbaby It’s not bordering on patronizing, he is patronizing. Dont remember who said it, but some comedian said «lettermans in on the joke, the audience is in on the joke and the guests are the joke»
This is why Conan will always be the greatest talk show host. Dude knows what to ask. How to react and most importantly, something we see Dave fails at, is when to shut the fuck up.
@@youlig1 his good looks and intelligence help, but I also give credit to his mom, with whom he's really close. She must've been vital in helping him navigate through his childhood fame, which presents all sorts of challenges.
@@valmacclinchy interesting, i was thinking too. Because many child-stars habe lots of psychological problems. He seems to have handled it excellently well
@@TC-42vvs yeah I think Leo chose the incorrect term. I think in his case, “too foreign” would’ve been more accurate. Most people translate “ethnic” as non-euro/black.
@@aabidamn And what about Shock me if you can, Current island, Blood Dynamo, The electrocuted ( Though Nack Jicholson and Datt Mamon were equally good).
He looks like he doesn't care. I find it weird because so many people talk about aging, it seems like he never lift a weight in his life. At least he's in good shape. I might be wrong, it may be genetics. He was so praised for his looks at a young age, maybe he thought time wouldn't catch up to him.
He was every teen girls crush in the late 90s. Probably drove half of Titanic's audience. I remember that was the first time I saw the same movie twice in theater, and that everyone else was doing the same thing making Titanic the first movie to gross over $1 billion during its theater run. He was also dreamy in Romeo and Juliet. Made along with Claire Danes, they were both the perfect star struck lovers. And the soundtrack for that film was pretty good too.
Basically his mom was looking at a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci while she was pregnant. Then baby Leo who was inside her belly start kicking and then she decided to name him Leonardo!!
What Leo was TRYING to tell him was that when he was waiting to be born, his parents went to the art gallery in italy and when his mum looked at the Mona Lisa painting, suddenly, he gave her an all mighty kick. So she called him Leonardo after the famous painter. It's quite unreal because Leo actually does have an incredibly strong interest in art.
For those that want to know His mother was looking at a picture of Mona Lisa when the baby (Leo) first kicked Hence him being called Leonardo after the famous artist who painted said picture
I love him in What's Eating Gilbert's Grape, Titanic, Catch Me if You Can, Gangs of New York, Body of Lies, Django Unchained, The Departed, The Wolf of Wall Street, Revenant, etc. Great actor this Lenny Williams guy.
I think he probably was operating on the kids and animals philosophy and worried that this kid was going to ramble in a way that was profoundly unentertaining, so he figured he'd steer the cart
@@Sweet-dj4gk you can promise me that. Wow, that's just dumb. Such insight off of one comment. EQ off the charts. 🙄 People talk. Sometimes they interrupt each other. I've heard conversations and comfortable ones allow some interruptions, clarifications, support, and so on.
Remember recording this interview on the VHS & watching it over and over. It was when he did the basketball diaries which is one of the greatest movie he has ever acted in ❤soundtrack with killer as well, his performance as a addict was riveting
Imagine how much better the story would’ve been if he didn’t interrupt him every 3 seconds
😂 rite
Not really. It's kinda funny.
Not really. It sounded like a shitty story.
You can easily tell Letterman is a veteran and Dicaprio is just starting cus letterman's trying to move the story along for the AUDIENCE, while Leo is just going at his OWN pace. Of all the generations you'd think the ADHD tiktokers would understand letterman's perspective the most but meh
So true
This is why they call him David Letterman. He only lets you speak a letter at a time man...
Hell never letta man speak
Lol
That’s the point
this the kind of joke my dad would make lmao love it
hagahahah
"Let me hear it"
Proceed to interrupt him continuously 💀
Cocaine 😂😂
He’s talking over him stop
Beat me to it@@jWx93
When the interviewer loves the sound of their own voice.
You’re obviously too lame to have watched Letterman when he had his shows. Sad!
Letterman has to be the most unfunny, uninteresting person that was ever on television.
Zoomers shitting on letterman, keep his name out your mouth 😤😤😤😤😤😤
@@sams7068 No clue who this dude is but he is objectively a bad interviewer. Amazing how these people get a career.
Worst interviewer EVER
LET 👏🏻 HIM👏🏻 SPEAK👏🏻
WEF bitch it is
Too late 30 years late😂
Ikk
This is so funny because I came to the comments to write EXACTLY this 😂 I was thinking I'm gonna use the clapping hands in between all caps. And then the first comment I see is this. Thank you! 😂😂
@@SSMRutten 😭 relatable
Born for a German mother and an Italian father....now the king of Hollywood.🔥🔥💥 .. undoubtedly a great achievement for sure.
And he didn’t change his “ethnic” name to please them Americans 😂
Let's be real. Leonardo DiCaprio is far faaar better that Lenny Williams.
Lenny Williams sound like my drunk ass uncle who name is literally Lenny Williams lmao black old drunk man. His parents made the right decision 😂😂
movie star name lenny sounds like hes trying to sell me wifi😂😂
LMAO
Let’s be honest, old tv show hosts were terrible
The name just rolls off your tongue
"Do you have a story? Let me hear it."
"Well-"
"How old were you?"
Yeah it pisses me off too buddy
Lol @@samadnikpay1235
He was probably doing that thing that old people like to do where they think they’re helping young people in their same field but really they’re just making it about themselves and how much they know. I’m an engineer and the amount of old dudes I’ve worked with like this is insane.
@@evangelionl0vr857 yeah that's how they get paid way more than you
@@lostpockets2227 I believe you’re trying to insult me, but that’s a really bad one if so. Of course employees with seniority make more money, what’s your point?
He is by far one of the most successful and best actors in the industry. His acting and confidence is top knotch. What a talented man.
Kno K ikn Knotch
Dave was really tryna fit it all in the UA-cam short 25 years before they existed 💀
😂
Man 😂
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
A man ahead of his time 🤣
😂😂😂
He wouldn’t let him tell his story, he just kept interrupting him and asking questions.
Did you listen to the story yulp and did you learn about his name yulp job well done!
@@linarush1393No not adequately.. yulp
he was so beautiful 😭😭😭
He still is. You are too !!!
Is*
Handsome❤😊
This kid is very polite, I see great potential in him, he might even be awarded an Oscar one day! Mark. My. Words.
Prescient
😂😂
😅😅😅😅😅
I agree. put him in a James Cameron movie!
This kid will do a movie on a huge ship someday and probably a biography on stock brokers. Very talented!!
“Let me hear it”
And then doesn’t let the boy speak.
👍
😂😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂
His name does sound cool.
I love how happy Leo looks when Letterman compliments his name
He would've told you, Dave, had you let him continue, that his mom while pregnant was looking at a DaVinci painting when he first kicked. Of course, that would require giving him time to speak.
Exactly 💯
"da Vinci" is not a name. it is a Leonardo painting, or a Leonardo da Vinci painting. this is. not a comment by "of UA-cam" either.
@@jedinxf7 you are wrong. don't correct things if you don't know. DaVinci clearly indicates Leonardo da Vinci. If you lissen "questo è un DaVinci" nobody in italy nor elsewhere would think its something else than a Leonardo da Vinci artfact.
At the contrary, Leonardo is a very common name: there are plenty of Italian artist named Leonardo. Only one is DaVinci.
@@giuseppinarestifo1093 he is completely right semantically. Leonardo di ser Piero da Vinci stands for leonardo son of piero from vinci. Vinci is a town. He didnt have a surname. Not much is known about his early life at all. So while everyone knows leonardo da vinci. Very few realize it just means leonardo from vinci. Like bob from Newark.
The coke did not let him shut up
Ffs let the boy speak 🤷🏻♂️
Only graham norton let’s you speak
Exactely. Interviewer's ego. "I am the Lettermannnn!"
This is letterman. You can't tell him what to do.
@@kevvcop Right?
it’s cut by the person posting it so it moves quicker - dave is a great interviewer imo
Leo is so handsome specially when he was younger
For anybody who wants the story:
“DiCaprio's parents named him Leonardo because his pregnant mother first felt him kick while she was looking at a Leonardo da Vinci painting in the Uffizi museum in Florence, Italy.”
Source: Wikipedia
Edit: some comments suggest that this is not true. I have no idea, at the end of the day it doesn’t really matter and I don’t really care. But perhaps this may-be wrong
Wow! That's a beautiful story!
@@raizahasmath5580 it wouldn't have been if he kicked while she was looking at a painting by one P. Ennis Shitman
A story we would've actually heard if David Letterman had let him speak
yeah wikipedia is a very reliable source😂😂
@@magdalenaburger7456 Henry Cavill concurs with u
I salute Leo's patience!
ikr, how many interruptions can one person take?!, 😂
He’s good that way very impressive gentleman
@@JDelvaMusicbro chill the heck out also your music sucks imao
He was so pretty
Classic Dave. Just will not STFU and let the guest speak.
Between him and Howard Stern, I remain dumbfounded as to how either one of those people had a career outside of radio. Just unbelievably terrible interviewers, but that’s just me
Daves such a deuche bag
what a over stuff of question, You, your name, You, You, You
plus classic Dave, bordering on patronizing.
@@strollbaby It’s not bordering on patronizing, he is patronizing. Dont remember who said it, but some comedian said «lettermans in on the joke, the audience is in on the joke and the guests are the joke»
He is sooooo adorable!
This is why Conan will always be the greatest talk show host. Dude knows what to ask. How to react and most importantly, something we see Dave fails at, is when to shut the fuck up.
Graham norton is like that too
Conan is my #1 followed by Craig Ferguson, he's great too, in his own way.
Yup
Yessir Conan’s most definitely the man.
😅😅😅😅😅😅 agree
But can we just appreciate the fact that Leonardo is looking so damn handsome in this clip ? 💗
Yeah, he was the teen heartthrob of the late 90s. I think part of the reason Titanic was so popular.
All the girls in my class were into him and the backstreet boys in the mid 90s...
Tom Cruise and Leonardo DiCaprio are the Goats
Fr
imagine roles reversed
It makes perfectly sense he is italian and german blood. Mom loves Leonardo DaVinci. I'm glad you kept it! It's a very blessed name.❤❤❤
DiCaprio has always been so amazingly confident, candid & at ease…
True, even in his interviews when he was a little kid.
That's very accurate ✋ I agree
I think every man would be like that if they had his looks and brain,
the most beautiful women were chasing after him since he was a kid...
@@youlig1 his good looks and intelligence help, but I also give credit to his mom, with whom he's really close. She must've been vital in helping him navigate through his childhood fame, which presents all sorts of challenges.
@@valmacclinchy interesting, i was thinking too. Because many child-stars habe lots of psychological problems. He seems to have handled it excellently well
In a parallel universe Lenny Williams is working in an office wondering where his career choices went wrong
lol under-rated comment..!!
Beautiful man, still beautiful 🥰😍😍
The fact that his name was considered “too ethnic” is hilarious
More like messed up
@@brooklynmack4503 well now his name is considered the opposite and those from non-European descents are viewed as “too ethnic” in the industry.
@@TC-42vvs I beg to differ, it's always been that way for the latter unfortunately. But it's slowly shifting
@@brooklynmack4503 yeah by “now” I meant leo’s only.
@@TC-42vvs yeah I think Leo chose the incorrect term. I think in his case, “too foreign” would’ve been more accurate. Most people translate “ethnic” as non-euro/black.
“There’s an answer for every story in this life”
Yeah, if you let people answer your questions, there sure are. Fascinating
😂😂
As a German I feel umm ✨DiCapriod✨ and ✨Proud✨
His name is a work of art, just like him!
Amazing actor
“Actually I do have a st-“ “LETS HEAR IT” 😂😂
😆
"HOW OLD ARE YOU"
Good for Leo for refusing to change his name and for honouring his heritage. 👏🏻👏🏻
Would have been so satisfying if someone in the audience shouted “shut the f up and let him speak!”
My mum would of no problem! 🤣
right hahaha
They probably had to edit out several people yelling that.
Letterman : Knock! Knock!
Leo : Who's there?
Letterman: Interrupting cow.
Leo : Int...
Letterman: Mooooo!!!
He just kept interrupting Leo like let the hottie speak man
He's a great looking man now but boy he was truly a beautiful looking young man...and lovely manners as well.
he's what we would call a "twink"
@@lostpockets2227 you 2 are creepy af
Lovely manners? According to rumors he was a pain to work with especially on the Romeo and Juliet movie.
@@KhanMann66 he's Italian ffs
I went to school with Lenny Williams, and he became an electrician.
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Damn it phil... 😂
Love him in Electranic, Gangs of New Electricians, Volt of Wall Street, etc.
@@aabidamn underrated comment
@@aabidamn And what about Shock me if you can, Current island, Blood Dynamo, The electrocuted ( Though Nack Jicholson and Datt Mamon were equally good).
I just loved his voice when he was young
He was such a freakin handsome guy he’s just not aging too well but I just still love him lol
He looks like he doesn't care. I find it weird because so many people talk about aging, it seems like he never lift a weight in his life. At least he's in good shape. I might be wrong, it may be genetics. He was so praised for his looks at a young age, maybe he thought time wouldn't catch up to him.
he is aging just fine
He's aging normally. It's his sexual partners that seem to have aging issues 🙄
@@willsmith39 Yep..
wdym? he's literally aging like fine wine.
Leo: thanks for shouting at me and cutting me off non-stop, Dave.
Leonardo is adorable and an amazing actor
His charisma and maturity for such a young age was off the charts. I can see why Hollywood loved this guy, and not just because he is a good actor.
He also got the best PR agent
back when he was the appropriate age for his girlfriends
He was like 15-17 here. So no, still not right. He is underage here, Leo never dated underage girls.
@@kirika20 does somebody need to call the wambulance?
@@jimjimsaucelmao the only one crying here is you. Sorry that you will never be famous enough to date anything above a trailer park girl.
Stay mad he getting chicks regardless of age while no models asks you 😂
Oh come on, leave it alone now will ya? His life is about more than his relationships.
Absolutely love his name. He has made good on his name❤
I like how Dave cut him short when he was trying to tell how Hollywood didn't like Ethnic Names
No? That was the one time he actually let him speak for a bit.
Ethnic? As in non-English names lol
@@IblewuponyourfaceIII i mean, the predominant group in the US is Anglo Americans so yeah
Hollywood being rasict? Say it isn’t so..
@@KhanMann66 racist*
You can feel how little that tv host was feeling in front of a teenager Leonardo DiCaprio, he was just trying to be "the men of the room".
Exactly the point.
Exactly the point
@Signal-Static Leo was 21 here. he just has a babyface lol
@@char4980 21 22 is young af
@@aena5995 yeah obviously but it’s a lot older than 15
God Leo has always been beautiful
He is so young & cute here.and have a beautiful name❤❤❤
He was too much handsome to handle at that time
He still is
He was every teen girls crush in the late 90s.
Probably drove half of Titanic's audience. I remember that was the first time I saw the same movie twice in theater, and that everyone else was doing the same thing making Titanic the first movie to gross over $1 billion during its theater run.
He was also dreamy in Romeo and Juliet. Made along with Claire Danes, they were both the perfect star struck lovers. And the soundtrack for that film was pretty good too.
He was trying to tell the story. Leo was polite. He said "thanks" the last time was like ya - if you would let me speak. 🤣
I'm so madly in love with 90s leo
Back in the days when not every answer got you a cheer from the audience.
there was no time to cheer with that any interruptions
It is rather annoying these days.
He was so adorable
*Still is.
@@Avinash_Mohantyclearly not
leo is just so damn hot and even his voice fits him perfectly
Hes always been so dam adorable
Once you get famous, everything about you becomes a legend
That's why he's called letterman. He won't let-a-man speak
Good one
😂😂 right!
One of the Best actors to come along in many years.
Letterman is like the king of interrupting.
Agree.
Agree and Oprah is the queen.
Only second to Howard Stern. What a jagoff
I blushed watching throughout this whole interview skit. had a crush on him since growing pains😆💓
Leonardo DiCaprio is a million times better than Lenny Williams lol
I disagree. I think it is only 580,000 times better.
Leonardo has changed so much. Mannerisms and looks 🥲
people age duh
😥😥😥
His talent didn’t tho ?
I had such a crush on him as a teenager! Teen magazine foldouts and all!! Him, JTT and Devon Sawa! 😍😍😍
Leo got those one of the most coolest name ever. And he is really good at acting too!
He was sooo cute, beautiful!
🤐
@@jonnylake3rd always someone hating when a girl compliments a good looking dude lol
Leo was so mature & capable st such a young age❤❤❤
If you name your child Leonardo Willhelm Dicaprio, you can expect him to be someone special.
Leo’s full name is very gorgeous
“Wow that’s good one that’s great!”
“Thanks…”
His new girlfriends mum wasn't born at this point 😁👌💯
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
That's funny
So? 🙄
There it is
Yu right🤣🤣🤣🤣
Was waiting for someone to bring up what I was thinking about 🤣🤣🤣🤣
Glad we got to hear the story behind his name.
Yeahhh ... we heard from Davey Letterman, who has ZERO skills in being a good listener!! Was Davey's curly hair ... wound too tight?!?
One of the greatest actors of all time❤❤❤❤❤
Wow I forgot how good looking he was !
How? 😩❤
I still want to hear him comete the story..
You dint let him talk at all..
Watch the whole interview, it's funny. Leo definitely could verbally spar with Dave.
Basically his mom was looking at a painting by Leonardo Da Vinci while she was pregnant. Then baby Leo who was inside her belly start kicking and then she decided to name him Leonardo!!
Such a likeable person
I'm glad he didn't changed his own true identity. It's unique...he became famous .🌟🌏
The older Leo gets, the better actor he becomes
He’s flipping adorable!
i always love to watch young Leo, soooo handsome like i can't even hold it
What Leo was TRYING to tell him was that when he was waiting to be born, his parents went to the art gallery in italy and when his mum looked at the Mona Lisa painting, suddenly, he gave her an all mighty kick. So she called him Leonardo after the famous painter. It's quite unreal because Leo actually does have an incredibly strong interest in art.
The most beautiful and handsomest actor in Hollywood ❤❤❤
For those that want to know
His mother was looking at a picture of Mona Lisa when the baby (Leo) first kicked
Hence him being called Leonardo after the famous artist who painted said picture
I e read this online too, but Leo himself never actually said that. So it's a false rumor that was made up online 👍🏻
@@anthonybrice6007 and I would of gotten away with it, if it wasn't for these pesky kids 😜🙃
I'm pretty sure he was named after a mutant ninja turtle.
I love him in What's Eating Gilbert's Grape, Titanic, Catch Me if You Can, Gangs of New York, Body of Lies, Django Unchained, The Departed, The Wolf of Wall Street, Revenant, etc. Great actor this Lenny Williams guy.
Leo just trying to speak and imagine how much better that story could’ve been is the dude would stop interrupting him like. LET 👏🏻 HIM 👏🏻 SPEAK 👏🏻
My teenage heart is throbbing. I’m going to need all those Tiger Beat magazines from the 90’s back now please 🔥🔥🔥
The man's a legend. He was acting from birth and it took Hollywood 40 years to give him an Oscar.
This man been working his entire life.
Now I get why he’s so friendly. Because he has Italian soul
Sure, Italians and Germans. Known for their friendliness throughout history.
@@brian4180 :)
One hell of an actor there are not many great actors like him
I liked his acting in blood diamond 💎
@@reubenmossley2787 that was a hell of a movie. His best role imo.
@@reubenmossley2787 also check out Leo in "The Beach". Very different movie but still enjoyable
The Departed was a good watch
He's definitely up there with the finest actors. The Aviator is my favorite film of his, but he's great in every role.
Leonardo look so handsome on this.❤❤❤
gotta love it when someone brings a guest on their showand literally doesnt let them speak
He was so cute.
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Agree, but not so much anymore
Handsome more than handsome beautiful
He was a child actor as well, I remember him being on the last season of growing pains
Dave loves the sound of his own voice
So do I. Conversations sometimes work like that.
I think he probably was operating on the kids and animals philosophy and worried that this kid was going to ramble in a way that was profoundly unentertaining, so he figured he'd steer the cart
Leo wasn’t given a chance to answer “ conversations work like that”
@@templestark4779 It's called narcissism. Conversations shouldn't go like that. I can promise you, people have dodged you like a bullet.
@@Sweet-dj4gk you can promise me that. Wow, that's just dumb. Such insight off of one comment. EQ off the charts. 🙄
People talk. Sometimes they interrupt each other. I've heard conversations and comfortable ones allow some interruptions, clarifications, support, and so on.
So so cute and charming ❤
Remember recording this interview on the VHS & watching it over and over. It was when he did the basketball diaries which is one of the greatest movie he has ever acted in ❤soundtrack with killer as well, his performance as a addict was riveting
Hmm he made money doing what?!!!!
@@n1k32h I think he made his money selling chickens...