Jared leto quotes

I never look at myself as a closet actor wanting to make music or a closet musician wanting to act — I’m very proud to do both and I don’t put one above the other, I’m very grateful and excited by both opportunities — it’s really a unique opportunity to do both.

I don’t think [Requiem for a Dream] is for children, but I think if you went home and looked at the video games that your kids are playing, you’d be much more shocked.

When I was a kid, I used to live in New York City. There was a guy named Michael Alig. He used to throw parties. And a couple of times, I even worked for him and his crew, and handed out fliers, and had my super-high shoes on, and wearing silver Saran Wrap around my head or something. It's a world I was really comfortable in: a world full of individuals. I think what I like about that world - besides my own personal interests - is the individualism, the investment in the self.

I don’t like doing interviews. I’m not pretending to be some super neurotic, hiding in my closet. I could care less about anybody knowing who I am, but I realize this is part of the game. Maybe if I really hated this whole public thing, I would go do plays in Hoboken.

I hate shopping at stores, online, anywhere.

Don't ask for anyone's permission to follow your dreams

Pray to your God, open your heart. Whatever you do, don't be afraid of the dark.

I think what a big part of 30 Seconds to Mars is, it's not only music, it's not only art, it's a community. It's a sense of having a place to belong. And not everybody will understand it, and that's ok, it's just for the people that do.

I like Fashion but Fashion doesn't really like me, obviously.

Be brave, fight for what you believe in and make your dreams your reality

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.

I never sing under the shower, I keep it for the stage.

As artists, it’s our job to delve into the uncomfortable, the difficult and the challenging.

If you truly believe that your dreams will come a reality the possibilities are endless

PLEASE REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE FULL OF DOUBT AND IT ALL SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE THAT THERE IS STILL SOME WHO BELIEVES IN YOU, ME. XO

Dreams are the result of a million choices, a billion failures, and a few successes.

It’s funny. I don’t like onions but I like onion rings. What’s up with that?

I'm a vegan. I respect the environment, and I do my best to spread the importance of such an issue.

One memory I have is there were a lot of dogs at this one place and my brother got in a horrific fight with a dog and the dog bit his toe off. They became fast friends after that. He lost a toe and gained a friend.

I could be your worst enemy. But i would rather have friends then enemies, and i go to great length to make that the case. There’s much more reward in having friends.

All those reports that I sleep in my closet. I don’t know how people get that. People are so obsessed with what you do at home.

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

I don't care if someone remembered me. Life is for living and memories for those who we leave behind.

You say 'believe in your dreams', I say that I believe in YOU.

Well, girls love Justin Bieber... But real women have Letogasms

Learn to laugh at your problems, cause everybody else does.

Never think about something wrong you did in the past, always look forward with your head up high; have no regrets.

Shannon isn't really my brother...Actually he's the love of my life.

Sometimes you fall in love with a song 'cause it's new, it's exciting and you just birthed it. Then you fall out of love sometimes. But the strongest songs always survive and you come back and you fall in love all over again.

The purpose of life is to live your dreams, you should never smother your wishes.

I live by the rule that you should follow your dreams…no matter what you do, you should follow your dreams

I Lived on the street when i was a kid, i wasn’t even at school, so i had a whole different set of experiences for those formative years. I was gone… i was in a very precarious place when i was younger.

I’m not insane, I’m voluntarily indifferent to conventional rationality.

If I was ever a teen idol, I’d kill myself.

It's not only music. It's not only art. It's a community. It's a sense of having a place to belong.

The truth is, that I feel alone most of the time. I stopped believing in happiness, but I know that music makes me feel good.

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

Music is subjective to everyone's unique experience.

High school is a dark place; I hung out with ‘freaks.’

If I wasn’t making music I would probably be in the woods with a big deer….Talking to myself.

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.

Dream big while you sleep, and even bigger when you're awake.

There are some people who might look better if you smacked them in the head with a baseball bat.

I really don't give what I wear very much thought.

I like to employ the power of no. We all want to say yes, because with yes comes so much opportunity, but with the power of no comes focus and engagement.

All of my roles have had their own unique set of challenges, and I enjoy that in some perverse, masochistic way. I’m always dying though! Maybe I have some kind of fetish.

I was very much in my own world, never the popular kid. But I had a great family, a great brother and mother.

No, I don’t wear contacts, and contrary to what some people have said, I do not have a glass eye.

Alessandro [Michele] has really done the impossible. He's taken this classic brand [Gucci] and really turned it completely around and taken it in a direction that was so unexpected. [Alessandro and I] met and became friends here in L.A., and then we got to know each other and he asked me to do this. It was really organic and not the way this stuff normally happens.

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.

Happiness is like the weather. Sometimes it’s rainy, sometimes it’s sunny, and you gotta just go through and accept what’s there in front of you.

Some people believe in God. I believe in music. Some people pray. I turn up the radio.

I just think it's really important to be yourself and not trying to be something you're not.

I mean, if I'm going to the Oscars or something, yes, there are people that are contributing and I'll tell them what I don't like or whatever. I know what I don't like.

There are always going to be people that are judgmental that are going to say, 'Well, he was an actor first, so he doesn't have the right to be a musician,' or, 'I know him as this, so therefore I will never accept him as that.' I can't change those people. I can only be myself. And I can only keep making art. I can only do the best that I can. I am not going to spend my life trying to silence the critics. I'm going to do what I'm passionate about and follow my dreams.

Remember; the only way to fight negativity is with positivity. Stay focused on the dreams.

Be the person you want to be, not the person you have to be

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.

Just jump in with both feet and live your life, no matter what.

On the one hand, how many people do you need to love you before you feel OK about yourself?

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

I'm constantly failing, but not upset about it. I think there's a great deal to learn from that.

The bridge between reality and a dream is work.

The challenges and how we deal with them: that's what defines us. Problems don't define us; it's our ability to overcome and transform.

Approval isn’t necessary. It’s nice when you get it, but it’s not going to stop us from being who we are. I mean, if I’d have listened to approval, I’d never have made it one day onstage. But to be criticized, if there’s validity, as upset as you are, you can learn from it.

When I was a kid I was the king of mullets. If you’re wearing a rock T-shirt and you’re a fan of Rush – one of the greatest bands in the universe – you’ve got to have a mullet.

I've never made money from films.

You have to do the work. You have to make the opportunity. It doesn’t find you, you find it.

It was great growing up a nomad. To this day I still love hiking and back packing.

You've got one life, live it. Follow your dreams, quit your job, drop out of school, tell your boyfriend that he's lousy and walk out the door. This is your time. This is your life. You know what? Dream as big as you want to, its the cheapest thing you'll ever do.

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.

Put one foot in front of the other. Keep marching forward, even when doubt, fear, and failure all come knocking at your door.

In some ways you become who you really are, if you work hard enough on who you wish to be.

I'd prefer 1,000 followers, friends, and fans that actually meant something, rather than 10 million that weren't engaged.

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.

Let's try and fail because through failure you learn

It's okay to stand on your own two feet and to be different, to be yourself.

When you’re young, you don’t know that you’re poor, you just know whether or not you’re happy. And i was happy, and loved. My mom did whatever she has to do to get by, and the lesson i learned from my childhood was that it’s possible to pursue happiness, no matter where that pursuit may lead you.

I really enjoy learning about other people and I'm really curious about other people.

If I saw a man and I was attracted… I would follow through with it.

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.

This is a song called 'The Kill.' But don't be scared, it's a nice song. About losing your mind.

You know you’re really famous when there’s rumors about you being gay.

Love isn't who you can see yourself with. It's who you can't see yourself without.

My proudest moment was when I was in high school, some jackass tried to give me a wedgy. I came prepared, I went commando. It tickled.

The fragrances are really a dream about the possibilities of a life. Nonconformity, no judgement.

Don't you just want to make something that lives forever? Something that's phenomenal, something that's great, something that's undeniable? That touches the core of every person that hears it?

Nothing is quite what you expect with Gucci. I'm just happy to be a part of their adventure.

So many people have tried to get happiness and serenity from outside things; it's pretty much common knowledge that is a road to nowhere. I've never heard anybody say, 'Fame made me the complete person I am.' Well, I'm sure people have said it, but nobody I respect.

Sometimes to find the light, you have to go through the deepest darkness.

You're weak. Be strong and it's easy.

I don't want to be some actor talking about how he wants to be a musician. It's something I'm really passionate about and I don't want to be spouting off at the mouth about something before it's out there and can speak for itself.

Impossible is possible if you put your mind into it and don't give up.

Try and fail, but never fail to try!

Thank God for the Italians, the most forgiving people of the world. And they sing so loud you can barely hear the music!

I will wear the same thing for three years straight unless somebody, like, forces me not to. It's like, hey, I got this Gucci sweater.

When advertising is great, it's transcendent. It's art.

My coolest job was when I was 12 and I was a dishwasher at the Three Pigs Bar-B-Que for $2.50 an hour. All the fleabags and stoners worked there, so that’s where I wanted to be.

Follow no path. Make your own.

If you're looking for Jesus Then get on your knees

Live your life for anyone but yourself

I never really wore Gucci. I never did.

I kind of follow that when I get dressed. I think if it's comfortable and it's cozy and it kind of makes you feel good, then those are good reasons to wear something.

Follow your dreams, quit your job

I heard today was the day Kurt passed away 17 years ago. Can’t believe it’s been that long. So grateful for his contribution and inspiration. Not sure I’d be doing this if it weren’t for him. He gave us all permission to create no matter what our skill set and reminded me that dreams are possible. Thanks for that. This made me recall a short piece of film I shot when I heard they were making a film celebrating his life. I made it to explore the character and explore creative possibilities. I never sent it to the studio or to anyone but thought I’d share it now...

I understand that coffee and cigarettes are cool, fashionable and all that. But agree the tea with cookies still taste better.

I win and succeed only 'cause I fail so much. I fail all the time. I wrote 70 songs just to have 12 good ones. For the video I shot 60 hours of footage. 60 hours! To come up with an 8 minute video. So really I only win 'cause I fail.

We never want to be a band that keeps our fans at arm’s length. This has always been about us and our fans together. We’ve been on an amazing journey with our fans already, but knowing that the best is still to come is a pretty exciting feeling for all of us.

I never think people are cheeering for us. In fact, i don’t really hear them at all.

Don't ever be scared to dream because everything is possible, no matter how bizarre. I was and still am a dreamer and that's what made me become the person I am today

Sometimes you have to fight in order to be free.

No one has to give you permission to make music or make art.

I was and I still am a dreamer, that made me the person I am today

Labels are for cans, not for people.

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

Your heart is like glass, if it breaks, it's pretty hard to put it back together again.

It’s about getting to a point in your life where you’re ready to let go and move on and become the better version of yourself.

Music should never be a job. It should be your hopes, your dreams and everything you believe in.

I like to think that people can see that and appreciate that idea and then, by some mechanism of wearing the fragrance, sort of carry that idea with them in their own life. Whether it's a weekend in Louisiana or in New York City or in Venice, Italy, or wherever they may be. I think there's something kind of fascinating and powerful about that.

You know it's a perverted crowd when a guy is screaming at you to take your shirt off.

When you are living your dreams it doesn’t feel like work, but it’s important to take some time away for yourself. It’s goot to make some time for your own company.

I fail enough and I beat myself up enough. I don't need anybody else to do it for me.

As we breathe and live, have a conversation, and you look in someone's eyes, and you see a sunset or have an argument or read a book or see a painting or whatever you do, it influences you. And as you live your art, it changes and grows just like you and your soul or whatever you want to call it. For me, it's never-ending, I call it "the organizer of chaos." That's what I do with this and I present it in a way that I dream. So basically, I'm just sharing my dreams with all of you.

To find yourself, you must first lose yourself

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.'