Top 171 Quotes & Sayings by Jared Leto - Page 2

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

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

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

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.

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

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?

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Let's try and fail because through failure you learn

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

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

Live your life for anyone but yourself

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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

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

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 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.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

Sometimes you have to fight in order to be free.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.