 When he was two, he went on stage at a performance festival and danced spontaneously; the cheerful response from the crowd started his interest in performing.When his older stepbrother earned $50,000 for a television commercial, DiCaprio, fascinated with this, decided to become an actor.In 1979, DiCaprio was removed, at the age of five, from the set of the children's television series "Romper Room" for being disruptive.