Leonardo DiCaprio admits that he is lucky to be an actor.

DiCaprio kicked off his acting career back in 1991 with Critters 3 before moving onto Poison Ivy and This Boy’s Life. But it was his role as Arnie Grape in What’s Eating Gilbert Grape that made everyone sit up and take note.

When talking about What’s Eating Gilbert Grape with Shortlist the actor said: “That and This Boy’s Life, especially. Both those films I get quite nostalgic about.

“It’s sometimes emotional watching them because I feel like I’m that kid again – really just incredibly happy to have gotten a shot.”

“I remember a lot of those moments on set like they were yesterday, especially working with people like De Niro and Johnny Depp at that age. It was like winning the lottery.”