But as the public's 18)ongoing 19)infatuation with all things, Leo shows no signs of slowing down. The talented young actor's seems to determined to keep his head on straight to take the 20)adulation in stride.
Leonardo DiCaprio: I'd always dreamed that I'd, you know, be an actor and be doing well. That's, I mean I always had fantasies about that, for sure, yeah.
Critic: I think, because he is so truly talented, we will actually watch in him grow as an actor. And that's the thing about Leonardo is that he has an endless capacity to grow as an actor.
里奥纳多·迪卡皮里欧
--戏里戏外
里奥纳多·迪卡皮里奥1974年11月11日出生于加州洛杉矶，父母是爱美琳和乔治·迪卡皮里奥。从一开始，他的父母就知道里奥纳多与众不同。
维多莉亚·洛丝里（作家）：是的，传闻是真的。里奥纳多是个很有主意的孩子。其实他太有主意了，爱美琳和乔治·迪卡皮里欧去参观佛罗伦萨的乌非思美术馆时，正看到里奥纳多·达芬奇的一张杰作时，有身孕在身的爱美琳感到肚里的孩子在踢脚。他们决定如果生的是个男孩，就给他起名叫里奥纳多。而我的说法是：“是的，一幅杰作诞生了。”
1996年，以拍摄了《魔鬼终结者》和《异形》享誉的电影制作人詹姆斯·卡麦伦想到要把“铁达尼号”的壮景搬上银幕，尽管里奥纳多欣喜地得到机会试镜演杰克·唐森--一名爱上贵族美女的三等舱乘客--他同时也担心电影只把重点放在特效上，没有给他发挥演技留下太多余地。
史蒂文·史密斯（作家）：他很有兴趣，可他犹豫着要不要接演该片。他拿不定主意是因为他担心这部片子商业性太强了，演员没有表现的机会。
里奥纳多在试镜中表现得非常出色。卡麦伦深信里奥纳多能表现出他所寻找的冲动结合敏感的角色特质。可要说服里奥纳多解除顾虑并不容易。
史蒂文·史密斯：詹姆斯·卡麦伦说，他给里奥纳多试了十五分钟的镜，而里奥纳多则考验了他三个月。他就是拿不定主意。后来詹姆斯·卡麦伦说：“你可能以为这个角色太浅，你可能以为这只是个典型的英雄式人物，其实不是。”他这么说才吸引了里奥纳多的注意。其实后来里奥纳多说他演杰克太难了，因为这是他所接到的角色中最像他本人的。
在电影中演出里奥纳多爱侣的是英国女演员凯特·温斯莉。
史蒂文·史密斯：幸运的是，里奥纳多和演对手戏的凯特·温斯莉很合得来。他们演得入木三分。里奥纳多说他们之间没有爱情，只有亲密的友谊。他们在一起有说有笑，拍摄情侣关系的镜头过程中笑声不断，而且显而易见的是他们一直保持着这种良好的关系。
凯特·温斯莉：说出来有点傻，不过我们真的很像兄妹。我们有很多共同处，在私人方面。他知道许多我的秘密，我也懂得他的很多秘密，我从没把他的秘密跟任何人说过。
劳累了六个月，《铁达尼号》终于在1997年3月完成了拍摄。九个月后，该片在各电影院播放，迅即成为历史上最卖座电影，在全球总共拿到20亿美元的赢利。里奥纳多·迪卡皮里欧由青少年偶像一夜之间摇身变成国际巨星。但这个变化令他思绪万千。
里奥纳多·迪卡皮里欧：这好像不是真的一样，我在慢慢适应。我不知道怎么说才最好，因为我的确不知道。这变化对我来说还是新鲜的。
史蒂文·史密斯：《铁达尼号》真的在一定程度上决定了里奥纳多·迪卡皮里奥的命运，我觉得他对此并不欣喜若狂。当然了，看到电影如此成功他也感到振奋。拍了《铁达尼号》，里奥纳多·迪卡皮里奥就没有了个人隐私，隐私对于他是非常重要的。
里奥纳多·迪卡皮里欧：我就像刚演了两个角色，声望度骤然上升，不管是什么原因，我正在适应这个变化。我觉得这太好了，但……未来怎样我们会看到的。
史蒂文·史密斯：对里奥纳多的影迷而言，1998年最难过的事就是他在《铁达尼号》的演出与奥斯卡提名无缘而过。我觉得，里奥纳多·迪卡皮里奥并不会因为拿不到奥斯卡提名奖就睡不好觉。他演电影因为他别无可选。他做的是演员这一行。他出生在这个星球上也是为此。
尽管公众对他的痴迷不减，里奥纳多一点也没放松下来。面对溢美之辞，这名才华横溢的年轻演员似乎仍毅然前行。
里奥纳多·迪卡皮里欧：我一生的梦想就是成为演员，而且是成为优秀的演员。我是说，那是我一直渴望梦想的，绝对是这样。
评论家：我想，因为他那么才华横溢，我们将能够看着他作为演员不断成长。里奥纳多的身上具备无尽潜能让他的演技更青出于蓝而胜于蓝。
[注释]
1) determined a. 很有决心的
2) gaze upon 看
3) fabulous a. 惊人的，难以置信的
4) epic a. 壮丽的，大规模的
5) audition n. 试镜
6) aristocratic a. 贵族的
7) showcase n. 陈列橱，显示优点的东西
8) reluctant a. 不情愿的
9) convey v. 传达
10) blend n. 不同种类的混合物
11) impetuousness n. 冲动
12) ally n. 同盟者，盟友
13) hit off 相投，相处得好
14) sane a. 神智清楚的
15) grueling a. 使人精疲力竭的
16) disastrous a. 悲伤的
17) nomination n. 提名
18) ongoing a. 正在进行的
19) infatuation n. 醉心
20) adulation n. 奉承
★★《2003年03月号-第39期-Disc01-08》★★
Nicole Kidman
-- Growing out of Love
Kidman: I didn't think that I was ever going to have the success that I have now. I'm very surprised. I go in to see my 1)agent that other day, I said, "Can you believe this?" This is kinda like "wow"!
Interviewer: Do you think that being Mrs. Tom Cruise in any way hurt your career?
Kidman: What does it matter? It was, I mean, hurt it? I had a life with him. I spent a decade of my life with him and loved him. Still, we'll always, you know, I mean, when you spend that amount of time with someone, they are with you. So therefore, when you say, well, did it hurt your career, who cares? That's what I wanted.
Interviewer: I've read that you put your career on the 2)back burner and allowed his career to be more important to you than your own.
Kidman: Yeah, of course. He earned way more money than me.
Interviewer: Did you feel you were being held back?
Kidman: I don't look at it that way.
Interviewer: You said, in that period of time, you can't have it all. But you are. You're having a huge career and you're raising two children alone.
Kidman: Yeah, I am doing it and I suppose that's why, I mean, I'm tired.
She thought she was 3)gawky and her hair was too 4)frizzy, her skin too pale. And 5)overall, that she was too tall.
Kidman: I was teased, really teased.
Interviewer: How tall are you?
Kidman: I'm five ten and a half, but I think now maybe I've grown half an inch and I'm five eleven. I was this height when I was thirteen years old, which is really hard. Hard...
Interviewer: Yeah. There's not one guy in your whole school who was as tall as you.
Kidman: Oh no. They all came up to here. It was awful.
Interviewer: Did you feel like ...
Kidman: Yeah, I had this thing where I liked to say "I'm not big" then because everyone goes, "Oh you're such a big girl. " "No, no, I'm not big, I'm not big."
It's been an issue in her career. Going back to her American debut in Days of Thunder. She was afraid that she was too tall to get the part opposite the star, Tom Cruise. She not only got the part, she got the man.
Interviewer: Was it love at first sight? One look?
Kidman: Not one look, but it was pretty powerful. You fall madly in love and that was sort of, you know, that was my love of my life, so that was a big thing.
Interviewer: It started good.
Kidman: Very good.
Nicole Kidman and Tom Cruise got married a year after they met. There were rumours that he, and perhaps she, too, were gay. Rumours they both denied. Nicole insists theirs was a real marriage.
Kidman: Love is an emotion that is so 6)compelling and 7)overwhelming and 8)intoxicating and extraordinary and they're right -- movies and books and songs, and we all know why.
But just as her career was beginning to 9)take off, her private life 10)crashed. After ten years, Tom Cruise asked for a divorce, saying only, "Nicole knows why." Nicole 11)fell apart.
Kidman: That was a terrible, terrible time in my life and a lot of things happened. Umm, in terms of my health, everything...
Interviewer: You had a 12)miscarriage.
Kidman: ... which I don't even want to talk about. Everything 13)crumbled at the same time and that's when you go, but if someone else is sitting out there now watching and saying, "I don't think I'm gonna 14)get through", ... you can.
She says that now, but back then she was so 15)devastated. She says she couldn't get out of bed and didn't stop crying until her mother arrived from Australia.
Kidman: You know, you cry and my mom would say, "What are you crying about? Get up, stop complaining, and move on. Life goes on, girl."
Interviewer: Do you blame yourself?
Kidman: Well, of course there's two people to blame here. I mean there's a whole story behind, oh, everything and it's not, it's certainly not for public 16)scrutiny.
Even with the great roles, the 17)triumphant success, the talk of more and more Oscar nominations, Nicole Kidman admits she's lonely.
Kidman: Do I want to be alone? No. I would love to have... I would love that. Do I feel slightly embarrassed saying that on television? Oh, I sound like a 18)wallflower. It's like I would love to meet somebody. I'd love to be 19)swept off my feet. I mean to have those goose-bumps and that feeling in your stomach when you just go "Ahh!" Please, that would be fun. That would be lovely.
妮歌·基曼
--当爱已成往事
基曼：我从没想到自己会拥有今天这样的成功。我太感到出乎意料了。有一天我去看我的经纪人，我说：“你能相信这一切吗？”这太让人惊奇了！
记者：你是否认为，嫁给了汤姆·克鲁斯在一定程度上毁了你的事业？
基曼：那有什么关系呢？我是说，那叫毁了事业？我曾和他一起生活。我一生中有十年时间和他生活在一起，我爱过他。你知道，我是说当你和某个人一起生活了那么长的时间，他就已经和你分不开了，我们仍然，也将永远会在一起。所以，你来问我是不是毁了我的事业--管它呢！那是我的选择啊。
记者：我听闻你曾把自己的事业低调处理，而让他的事业比你自己的更受重视。
基曼：是的，当然是。他赚的钱比我赚的多嘛。
记者：你有没有觉得过自己给妨碍了？
基曼：我不那么看。
记者：那个时候你说过，不可能样样俱得。可你现在得到了--你事业腾飞，还独力养了两个孩子。
基曼：是啊，是这样，所以我说我觉得好累。
妮歌从前还觉得自己太笨、头发太卷、皮肤太白了。她更嫌自己长得太高。
基曼：那时我被别人嘲笑，老被嘲笑。
记者：你有多高？
基曼：五英尺十点五英寸，我想我现在可能又长高了半寸，到五英尺十一英寸了。我十三岁就长了这么高，太难了，很难……
记者：是啊。整家学校都没有哪个男孩和你一样高。
基曼：哦，没有。他们只长到我这儿。太可怕了。
记者：你是否觉得……
基曼：是的，我当时很在乎这个，我总说“我个子不大”，因为人人都说：“哦，你真是个大个子女孩。”“不，不，我个子不大，我个子不大。”
个子问题一直纠缠着她的事业。提起她当年演出第一部美国片《雷霆壮志》时，她还担心因为个高的缘故而演不成汤姆·克鲁斯的对手戏。结果她不仅得到角色，也赢得了爱人。
记者：那是不是一见钟情？惊鸿一瞥？
基曼：不是惊鸿一瞥，不过印象分很高。疯狂地陷入爱河，像找到了一生之爱那样，那对我可是大事。
记者：有个好的开端。
基曼：非常好的开端。
妮歌·基曼和汤姆·克鲁斯认识一年后结了婚。谣传他--或者还有她--都是同性恋。他俩否认了此谣言。妮歌坚持说，他们之间是真正的婚姻。
基曼：爱情让人臣服，让人难以抵抗而迷醉，爱情太神奇了，电影、书还有歌中说的都太对了，我们明白了那种感觉。
但在她的事业才刚有起色的时候，她的私生活却一团糟。结婚十年，汤姆·克鲁斯提出离婚时只说了一句：“妮歌知道原因。”妮歌崩溃了。
基曼：那是我一生中的黑暗时期，发生了很多事。唔，我的健康也出了问题，一切都乱糟糟的。
记者：你还流产了。
基曼：我不想谈此问题。一切都同时坍塌，经历过这种事的人如果坐在一边看到我说这番话，如果这人说：“我想我熬不过去。”--其实你能。
现在她说起来容易，可当时她感觉惨不见天日。她说她甚至起不了床，不停地哭，一直到她的母亲从澳洲来看她。
基曼：我哭啊哭，妈妈就说：“你有什么好哭？起床，别再抱怨了，动一动。生活还是要继续啊，孩子。”
记者：你自责吗？
基曼：说到责备，两个人都该被责备。我是说，这件事另有内情，只是不便于公开说出来。
尽管得到了很棒的角色，有了辉煌的成功，获得了更多的奥斯卡提名奖项，妮歌·基曼还是坦诚地说她感到孤独。
基曼：我想不想一个人过？不想。我希望……希望有爱侣。我在电视上这么说会不会感到稍许难为情？哦，听起来好像我没人要似的。我想遇到合意的人。我希望被爱冲击。就像给当胸一记重击，让你措手不及。哗，那会很有意思，那太好了。
注释：
1) agent n. 经纪人
2) back burner 一时非优先的地位，从属地位
3) gawky a. 迟钝的，笨拙的
4) frizzy a. 卷曲的
5) overall adv. 总地来说
6) compelling a. 强制的，强迫的
7) overwhelming a. 无法抵抗的
8) intoxicating a. 醉人的
9) take off 开始成功，开始好转
10) crash v. 坠落，坠毁
11) fall apart 散架，崩溃
12) miscarriage n. 流产
13) crumble v. 粉碎，崩溃
14) get through 穿过，通过
15) devastated a. 毁坏的
16) scrutiny n. 详细审查
17) triumphant a. 胜利的，成功的
18) wallflower n. 舞会中没有舞伴而坐着看的女子
19) sweep off 冲击
★★《2003年03月号-第39期-Disc01-09》★★
Al Gore
Interviewer: Are you or are you not going to run in 2004?
Gore: Well, I've decided not to run and I...
Interviewer: You've decided not to run?
Gore: I've decided that I will not be a candidate for President in 2004. My family all gathered here in New York City over the last few days and I found that... I've come to 1)closure on this. I don't think it's the right thing for me to be a candidate in 2004.
Interviewer: Well, I think a lot of people are just going to be 2)bowled over. You're not a candidate. You've been looking like a candidate. Tell us how you have arrived at what, I think, is gonna be a 3)stunning, really surprising decision?
Gore: Well, I've run for President twice and there are many other exciting ways to serve. I intend to remain actively involved in politics. I want to help whoever the Democratic Party's nominee is in 2004 to win the election. I'm going to explore a lot of other opportunities.
Interviewer: The ambition to be the commander-in-chief, the ambition to sit in the 4)Oval Office -- that's gone?
Gore: Well, I personally have the energy and the drive and ambition to make another campaign, but I don't think it's the right thing for me to do. I think that a campaign that would be a 5)rematch between myself and President Bush would inevitably involve a focus on the past that would in some measure distract from the focus on the future that I think all campaigns have to be about.
Interviewer: You say you had the ambition; you still have it even you said...
Gore: Yeah.
Interviewer: Right?
Gore: Yeah.
Interviewer: Still have the dream?
Gore: Yeah. Well, you know, never say "never", but I... I make this decision in the full knowledge and awareness that if I don't run this time, which I am not going to run in 2004, that's probably the last opportunity I'll ever have to run for President. Don't know that for sure but probably it is.
Interviewer: You think you could beat the President?
Gore: Look, I think I could, but the truth is that anybody who tells you they know what's going to happen two years from now and what would happen is just unrealistic.
Interviewer: I'm still trying to understand why you're not gonna run?
Gore: The last campaign was an extremely difficult one and while I have the energy and drive to go out there and do it again, I think that there are a lot of people within the Democratic Party who felt exhausted by that, and who felt like "OK, I don't want to go through that again." And I'm frankly sensitive to that...to that feeling.
Interviewer: A Democrat, you believe, could beat President Bush?
Gore: I absolutely believe that. And think about what happened in 1991 when the first President Bush was just as high...well, higher in the public opinion polls, and....
Interviewer: But not sustained like this.
Gore: Well, that's true, but nevertheless he was at 91% or something. I felt then that the economy was bad and it could turn back toward Democrats. It 6)ultimately did and very few people thought that. I feel the same way now.
Interviewer: So which of the Democrats, do you think, has the best shot?
Gore: I don't know.
Interviewer: So you don't have a feeling of what.... Do you have a feeling of what it will take? What a democrat has to look like? What he has to 7)stand for to beat President Bush?
Gore: I think there has to be an unrelenting focus on the economy.
Interviewer: Why? Do you think the economy is just going to continue to 8)spiral downward? Is that what you're saying?
Gore: I think that the policies they're committed to do not work. And I think that if they don't change them, which I don't think they're likely to, that it's gonna be apparent to people.
Interviewer: So this is it? You were in the 9)House; you were in the 10)Senate for two terms...
Gore: Been in the House for 8 years, the Senate for 8 years and Vice President for 8 years.
Interviewer: Vice President of the United States for 8 years, and this is it?
Gore: I had another 8-year-plan in mind, but it didn't 11)work out.
阿尔·戈尔
记者：2004年的总统竞选，你是参加还是不参加？
戈尔：我已经决定了不参加，而且……
记者：你已经决定了不参加？
戈尔：我决定了不成为2004总统大选的候选人。最近这些天我全家都在纽约，我发现……该是了结的时候了。我觉得我不想成为2004总统大选的候选人。
记者：我想这消息让很多人都感到震惊。你不当候选人了。可你却一直表现得像个候选人似的。跟我们说一说，你是怎么做出这样令人震惊、非常出乎意料的决定的？
戈尔：我两次竞选过总统，但服务人民的方式有很多种。我想继续在政界活动，帮助民主党候选人赢得2004年大选。我要发掘出许多其他的机会。
记者：那要叱咤风云、要坐入白宫的的万丈雄心呢--已经一去不复返了吗？
戈尔：我个人还有精力、斗志和雄心去再参加竞选，可我觉得那么做是不对的。我认为竞选会让人们再拿我和布什总统比较，那不可避免地就要翻算旧帐，就会多多少少地把该放在未来的注意力转移开，而我认为一切竞选都该是着眼于未来。
记者：你说过去的雄心仍在，甚至……
戈尔：对。
记者：对吗？
戈尔：对。
记者：梦想仍在吗？
戈尔：是的。你也知道，我是个永不言不的人，可我……我是基于自己全部的知识和良知做出此决定的，因为如果我这一次不参加2004年总统竞选的话，或许这是我最后一次竞选总统的机会了。不完全确定，但很有可能是最后一次机会。
记者：你认为你能击败布什总统吗？
戈尔：我想是可以的，但事实上，如果有谁向你预言，说他们知道两年后会发生什么事，那是毫不现实的。
