Leonardo DiCaprio sheds light on what's holding him back from pursuing directing

Leonardo DiCaprio shared why he doesn’t see himself becoming a director anytime soon.

During a recent chat with acclaimed filmmaker Martin Scorsese at TIME magazine’s A Year in TIME event in New York City, the Hollywood actor revealed that he is not planning to hop into direction world and one of the reasons is Scorsese's high-quality work.

“Some people have asked me if I wanted to direct. I'm like, ‘I would never want to direct. I could never do anything close to what Martin Scorsese does. Why would I do that?’" Leonardo shared.

The Titanic star, however, expressed his wish to take a step back from his past film to experience the filmmaking process.

“You play these characters, you try to get into the depth of their soul as much as you possibly can. And I would've loved to be much more of a voyeur … to watch what you (Scorsese) do behind the camera,” he explained.

“If I look back on anything, I would've loved to have observed that process behind the camera a lot more," Leonardo continued.

The Shutter Island actor further opened up about Scorsese's unique filmmaking process, which takes "months" of prep.

“That's been our process a lot, I think, working together … the ability to almost have a debate for months before and lots of questions, and lots of playing devil's advocate about a way to approach things that may not be the most obvious direction,” Leonardo praised.

Moreover, the Oscar winner shared that being an actor who always wanted "to be an actor" from "very young" age, working with Scorsese has been one of the "proudest moments" of his acting career.

"My father brought me to see Marty's work, along with Mr. [Robert] De Niro's, and said, ‘If there's anyone you want to strive to work with in your career, now that you have the capability of doing movies, it's with this gentleman.’ So I got to see Marty's work very, very early on," he gushed.