Dai was once dubbed the Taiwanese version of Hong Kong heartthrob Tony Leung, but has always refused to play the part of "big star," such that when people learned of his romance with Kwai Lun-mei, a red-hot film star 18 years his junior, some felt that Kwai was too big a celebrity to be in a relationship with Dai.
儘管被譽為「台版梁朝偉」，但戴立忍始終拒絕「明星」光環，近幾年和小他 18 歲的當紅女星桂綸鎂傳出戀情後，還有人認為兩人的「身價」不相稱。