London, Feb 15 - Leonardo DiCaprio says he likes being a "complete idiot" with his pals because it helps him beat stress.

"I go out and have a drink every once in a while. Ooh, I know that's controversial, isn't it? I sometimes go on a vacation, too," the Daily Star quoted him, as saying.

DiCaprio added: "I take what I do very seriously and when I'm on the set that's all I focus on - so my vice is to hang out with my friends and talk about absolutely nothing of importance whatsoever and act like a complete idiot because I've got to filter out a lot of the serious stuff I'm dealing with all the time.

"It's like therapy to just be a complete idiot with my friends and it's fantastic." (ANI)