Top 100 Jared Leto Quotes
#1. 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.
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#2. I mean am I crazy or is it a little rude to answer your phone in the middle of a fucking song?
February 13, 2008. Milan Blood Ball
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#3. 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.
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#4. I take computers practically apart and put them back together. I have a supercomputer I built over the years out of different computers.
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#5. 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.
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#6. 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.
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#7. It's nice if people ask to use your song. You have to make a decision as an artist how you feel about that.
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#8. Your heart is like glass, if it breaks, it's pretty hard to put it back together again.
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#9. I was never interested in 'Teen Beat' like roles. I just wanted to work.
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#10. You know you're really famous when there's rumors about you being gay.
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#11. Remember; the only way to fight negativity is with positivity.
Stay focused on the dreams.
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#13. 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.
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#14. The idea that I would ever end up on David Letterman or Jay Leno is horrifying. I am such a freak in comparison to most other twenty-five-year-old guys. I have no idea what other people are thinking. I'm not really in touch.
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#15. 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.
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#16. I never think people are cheeering for us. In fact, i don't really hear them at all.
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#17. 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.'
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#18. I tend to just go for it, and not worry about what people think, and just really try to have fun with things.
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#19. 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.
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#20. 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.
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#21. Music should never be a job. It should be your hopes,
your dreams and everything you believe in.
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#22. Some people come into our lives, leave footprints in our hearts and minds and we are never the same again.
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#23. If I was ever a teen idol, I'd kill myself.
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#24. I like Fashion but Fashion doesn't really like me, obviously.
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#25. If you're looking for Jesus Then get on your knees
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#26. I really enjoy learning about other people and I'm really curious about other people.
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#27. 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.
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#28. I learned early on how to treat women by the examples that were set around me.
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#29. Never think about something wrong you did in the past, always look forward with your head up high; have no regrets.
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#30. PLEASE REMEMBER WHEN YOU ARE FULL OF DOUBT AND IT ALL SEEMS IMPOSSIBLE THAT THERE IS STILL SOME WHO BELIEVES IN YOU, ME. XO
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#31. Pray to your God, open your heart.
Whatever you do, don't be afraid of the dark.
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#32. On the one hand, how many people do you need to love you before you feel OK about yourself?
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#33. I'm not insane, I'm voluntarily indifferent to conventional rationality.
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#34. In some ways you become who you really are, if you work hard enough on who you wish to be.
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#35. Music is subjective to everyone's unique experience.
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#36. Just jump in with both feet and live your life, no matter what.
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#37. I think that to explore the uncomfortable and the politically incorrect is the job of the artist.
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#38. It's okay to stand on your own two feet and to be different, to be yourself.
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#39. Louisiana is a place that you escape, not a place that you leave.
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#40. 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.
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#41. It's funny. I don't like onions but I like onion rings. What's up with that?
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#42. It was great growing up a nomad. To this day I still love hiking and back packing.
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#43. Some people believe in God. I believe in music. Some people pray. I turn up the radio.
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#44. 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.
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#46. It's nice to be able to communicate digitally with people around the world.
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#47. Don't ask for anyone's permission to follow your dreams
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#48. Put one foot in front of the other. Keep marching forward, even when doubt, fear, and failure all come knocking at your door.
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#49. I tried to be someone else, but nothing seemed to change. I know now, this is who I really am inside. I've finally found myself, fighting for a chance.
I know now, this is who I really am.
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#50. Art is really predicated upon the experiences that you've had in your life. You only have to share what you've consumed.
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#51. Professionally, I don't necessarily have to adhere to a certain dress code. However, I think that comfort is crucial. Otherwise, you won't be able to have fun and express yourself.
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#52. The purpose of life is to live your dreams, you should never smother your wishes.
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#53. Andrew has talked about my character being the conscience of the film, the heart of the film.
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#54. 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.
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#55. I always believe that the bridge between reality and a dream is work.
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#56. I wanted to be a visual artist because I grew up around a lot of painters and photographers and had a very artistic upbringing. And I fantasized about being a drug-dealer when I was a kid. I thought it would be a good opportunity; I knew that the market would be strong. Is that bizarre?
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#57. I'm terminally dissatisfied. That's probably part of being an artist.
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#58. My mother is very, very smart and commands respect because she has a lot of respect for herself.
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#59. 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.
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#60. 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.
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#61. I understand a lot of the female needs. I'm not saying I know all of them all the time though.
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#62. 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
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#64. I'd prefer 1,000 followers, friends, and fans that actually meant something, rather than 10 million that weren't engaged.
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#65. Thank God for the Italians, the most forgiving people of the world. And they sing so loud you can barely hear the music!
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#66. Be brave, fight for what you believe in and make your dreams your reality
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#67. Sometimes you have to fight in order to be free.
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#68. Shannon isn't really my brother ... Actually he's the love of my life.
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#69. When you make music, you're in really direct contact with your fans out there, so you hear all kinds of stories.
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#70. 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.
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#71. 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.
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#72. Dream big while you sleep, and even bigger when you're awake.
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#74. Let's try and fail because through failure you learn
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#75. 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.
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#76. You say 'believe in your dreams', I say that I believe in YOU.
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#77. 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.
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#78. You have to do the work. You have to make the opportunity. It doesn't find you, you find it.
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#79. 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.
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#80. 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.
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#81. Live your life for anyone but yourself
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#82. 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.
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#83. Labels are for cans, not for people.
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#84. 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.
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#85. Grab your gun, it's time to go to hell.
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#86. I never sing under the shower, I keep it for the stage.
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#87. Sometimes to find the light, you have to go through the deepest darkness.
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#88. 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.
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#89. 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.
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#90. 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.
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#91. I've always been interested in leaders and rule breakers and artists and politicians
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#92. Well, girls love Justin Bieber ... But real women have Letogasms
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#93. I understand that coffee and cigarettes are cool, fashionable and all that. But agree the tea with cookies still taste better.
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#95. I fail enough and I beat myself up enough. I don't need anybody else to do it for me.
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#96. I get a terminal dissatisfaction on films. If I was bad in one scene, it's impossible to let go. And it can make or break my day. If I drank, I would probably drink a lot.
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#97. 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.
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#98. Be the person you want to be, not the person you have to be
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#99. If you're walking the path of the dreamer, everything is possible.
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#100. I'm constantly failing, but not upset about it. I think there's a great deal to learn from that.
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