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Leonardo DiCaprio, the star of Romeo and Juliet and Titanic, (be) born on 11 November 1974. He (get) his first job as an actor of 5 in a TV show called Romper Room. At school Leo (not do) well. 'I only (have) good grades when I (sit) next someone very smart'; he (tell) us. At 12 he (decide) to become an actor. He (do) TV roles and commercials at first. Then he (star) in This Boy's Life with Robert de Niro and (become) famous. He (win) an Oscar nomination for his part in What's Eating Gilbert Grape? But he (not win) an Oscar. 'Tommy Lee Jones won an Oscar'; he (say) to our reporter, 'and I was glad as I (not want) to stand up and speak in front of all those people'.