Jared Leto's Quotes

Jared Joseph Leto (; born December 26, 1971) is an American actor and musician. After starting his career with television appearances in the early 1990s, Leto achieved recognition for his role as Jordan Catalano on the television series My So-Called Life (1994). He made his film debut in How to Make an American Quilt (1995) and received critical praise for his performance in Prefontaine (1997).

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Jared Leto about Character:

Andrew has talked about my character being the conscience of the film, the heart of the ...
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Jared Leto about Work:

It was a real honor to be able to work with someone like that that I've ...
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Jared Leto about Life:

I only did karaoke once in my life. It was with Courtney Love and it was ...
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Jared Leto about World:

It gives us a look into a world that's very much like 'Traffic' was for drugs, ...
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Jared Leto about Team:

Teens are always shown as one dimensional. They're stereotyped. When I was in high school, I ...
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Jared Joseph Leto (; born December 26, 1971) is an American actor and musician. After starting his career considering television appearances in the early 1990s, Leto achieved reaction for his role as Jordan Catalano on the television series My So-Called Life (1994). He made his film debut in How to Make an American Quilt (1995) and usual critical compliment for his play in in Prefontaine (1997).

After supporting roles in The Thin Red Line (1998), Fight Club and Girl, Interrupted (1999) and American Psycho (2000), as with ease as the pro role in Urban Legend (1998), Leto earned valuable acclaim for portraying heroin addict Harry Goldfarb in Requiem for a Dream (2000). He began focusing increasingly upon music, returning to acting with Panic Room (2002), Alexander (2004), Lord of War (2005), Lonely Hearts (2006), Chapter 27 (2007), and Mr. Nobody (2009). His play a part as a transgender woman in Dallas Buyers Club (2013) earned him an Academy Award, a Golden Globe Award, and a Screen Actors Guild Award for Best Supporting Actor. He starred in Suicide Squad (2016) and Blade Runner 2049 (2017), and in 2021, played Albert Sparma in John Lee Hancock’s film The Little Things, which earned him nominations for a Golden Globe Award and Screen Actors Guild Award—both for Best Supporting Actor.

Leto is the help vocalist, multi-instrumentalist and main songwriter for Thirty Seconds to Mars, a band he formed like his older brother Shannon Leto. Their debut album, 30 Seconds to Mars (2002), released to Definite reviews but limited advertisement success. The band achieved worldwide fame later than the pardon of their second album A lovely Lie (2005). Their afterward releases, This Is War (2009), and Love, Lust, Faith and Dreams (2013), received further critical success, and their fifth album, America (2018), marked new flyer success. As of September 2014, the band has sold greater than 15 million albums worldwide.

Leto is considered to be a method actor, known for his constant obedience to and research of his roles. He often remains unconditionally in vibes for the duration of shooting schedules of his films, even to the reduction of adversely affecting his health. He is as a consequence known to be selective not quite his film roles.

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Jared Leto about Day:

A very common thing these days is people show up and they ask us in the band to sign with a Sharpie right on their skin and they go get it tattooed the next day. Then they'll show up at another show and they'll have their tattoo.

Jared Leto about Character:

Andrew has talked about my character being the conscience of the film, the heart of the film.

Jared Leto about Life:

I don't know, when I was a kid, when I would see shows that changed my life, I would go to see shows where there was my mother taking us to see classic rock concerts, like Zeppelin, or when I saw Pink Floyd or when I saw, you know, when I was a little older, and I saw Nine Inch Nails, and I saw The Cure.

Jared Leto about Strength:

He's an innocent in a lot of ways. He's a very simple person who really doesn't have the resources or the strength, ultimately, to handle the situation.

Jared Leto about Women:

I learned early on how to treat women by the examples that were set around me.

Jared Leto about Me:

I kinda have the opposite of ADD. I have a hyper-focused disorder, where if there's a given task in front of me I really concentrate on that.

Jared Leto about Together:

I take computers practically apart and put them back together. I have a supercomputer I built over the years out of different computers.

Jared Leto about Me:

I showed up in L.A. with $500 and a backpack and I stayed at a shelter, so nobody handed me anything. I worked for every single thing that I have.

Jared Leto about Life:

I only did karaoke once in my life. It was with Courtney Love and it was a total disaster. She pulled me on stage in front of 500 people at a wedding. I'd never done karaoke before.

Jared Leto about Job:

I think that to explore the uncomfortable and the politically incorrect is the job of the artist.

Jared Leto about Life:

I think I remember from the offset I said, 'I've visited this territory. This isn't for me.' And then I read the script and I said, 'You know, this is completely something different. This is a whole new life.'

Jared Leto about People:

I used to like to break into other people's houses and sit in their rooms. I found it very comforting to be in someone's empty house.

Jared Leto about Time:

I understand a lot of the female needs. I'm not saying I know all of them all the time though.

Jared Leto about Experience:

I was raised around a lot of artists, musicians, photographers, painters and people that were in theater. Just having the art-communal hippie experience as a child, there wasn't a clear line that was drawn. We celebrated creative experience and creative expression. We didn't try and curtail it and stunt any of that kind of growth.

Jared Leto about Work:

I was never interested in 'Teen Beat' like roles. I just wanted to work.

Jared Leto about Work:

It was a real honor to be able to work with someone like that that I've been watching since I was a kid. I mean, to play his brother left some people scratching their heads but something about it really worked.

Jared Leto about World:

It gives us a look into a world that's very much like 'Traffic' was for drugs, this movie is for gun running. Dark at times, but I think Nic Cage is an incredible person to watch and very entertaining.

Jared Leto about Decision:

It's nice if people ask to use your song. You have to make a decision as an artist how you feel about that.

Jared Leto about Sympathy:

I've always liked Saturn. But I also have some sympathy for Pluto because I heard it's been downgraded from a planet, and I think it should remain a planet. Once you've given something planetary status it's kind of mean to take it away.

Jared Leto about Music:

It's not like I'm hanging out at shopping malls or going to celebrity golf tournaments. I'm so in my own little world. I got my dog, my music, my brother, a couple of friends.

Jared Leto about World:

It's nice to be able to communicate digitally with people around the world.

Jared Leto about Respect:

My mother is very, very smart and commands respect because she has a lot of respect for herself.

Jared Leto about Music:

Music is subjective to everyone's unique experience.

Jared Leto about Team:

Teens are always shown as one dimensional. They're stereotyped. When I was in high school, I cared about more than getting a date or making the team.

Jared Leto about Change:

So I started to learn Russian and I was one of those probably way too eager, annoying young actor kids who was trying to change all my lines to Russian, much to the dismay of the director and Nic Cage.

Jared Leto about Music:

When you make music, you're in really direct contact with your fans out there, so you hear all kinds of stories.