Leonardo DiCaprio on Possiblity of Having Children & Winning an Oscar for 'The Revenant'

Although celebrities might live in the public eye, not all of them are keen on the idea of their personal lives being dissected by the media. Leonardo DiCaprio is one actor known for happily staying under the radar. In an interview with Rolling Stone, DiCaprio gave the magazine a small taste inside his private life to ponder on the possibility of him having children in the near future, as well as, his odds of winning an Oscar this year for The Revenant.

The 41-year-old Hollywood movie veteran is newly single as 2016 just begins to warm up. He's coming off a recent breakup with model girlfriend Kelly Rohrbach. The former couple dated for several months, before ending things a few months ago.

DiCaprio has lived the bachelor life for the majority of his working years in the industry, which has prompted many media outlets and fans to ask when he plans on settling down to start a family. He revealed he doesn't like publicly talking about the matter, because he doesn't want his opinion to be misunderstood.

"Do you mean do I want to bring children into a world like this? If it happens, it happens," DiCaprio told Rolling Stone. "I'd prefer not to get into specifics about it, just because then it becomes something that is misquoted. But, yeah."

DiCaprio's main focus is acting and trying to save the planet. The California native is currently working on a documentary with producer Fisher Stevens about the potential ecological disasters the planet could face if changes aren't made. The two will explore how the planet is suffering and what its inhabitants can do to solve it. Both Stevens and DiCaprio will interview several scientists on the matter.

His work in his latest movie, The Revenant, not only earned DiCaprio his third Golden Globe but he is also expected to win his first Oscar for the film. In this 2015 adventure-thriller, DiCaprio plays a frontiersman on a fur trading expedition who gets attacked by a bear and left for dead. He's then forced to use his survival skills to escape the wilderness and return home to his family. Despite the honor an Oscar holds, DiCaprio doesn't seem to dwell on the accolade.

"Sure, everyone likes to be recognized, but that's out of my hands-other people control those things," DiCaprio said. "I will say it would help the film, bring it to more people."

To read Leonardo DiCaprio's full interview with Rolling Stone, readers can catch the issue on newsstands or download it on Friday (Jan. 15).

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