Jared Leto

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Image:September 058.jpg Image:44r.jpg Image:30seconds.jpgJared Leto (born December 26, 1971 in Bossier City, Louisiana) is an American actor and musician. His first major acting performance was as Jordan Catalano in the television series My So-Called Life. From there, he continued with movies such as How to Make an American Quilt; The Thin Red Line; Fight Club; Girl, Interrupted; American Psycho; Alexander; and Requiem for a Dream. Additionally, Leto is the vocalist and guitarist of the rock band 30 Seconds to Mars.

1 Family
2 Education
3 Relationships
4 Press
5 Quotes
6 Filmography
7 External links

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Family

Born into an Irish Catholic family Jared has one older brother, Shannon, and two younger half-brothers from his father's second marriage. His mother, Constance, continued to raise Jared and Shannon after she and their father divorced, and has since remarried. His father passed away after remarrying. Shannon Leto is currently the drummer in 30 Seconds to Mars and also does some photography.

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Education

Newton North High School
Flint Hill Preparatory, Oakton, Virginia
University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; majored in painting.
School of Visual Arts, New York; majored in filmmaking. While there, he starred in his own movie, "Crying Joy".

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Relationships

Jared dated Scarlett Johansson. He has also dated Cameron Diaz. They were together from 1999 to 2003 and were engaged for two years. He also dated Ashley Olsen in the spring to summer of 2005, and is reported to have had a fling with Lindsay Lohan. Lindsay is rumored to have kissed Jared in a club, and has apparently been seen sporting his autograph on her foot [1]. Leto has since denied the rumors.

In late 2005 Jared's love life was chronicled in the adult online game satirically named 30 Seconds to Muff. The game can be found at http://www.skinindex.com/attackgame

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Press

Leto was twice chosen by People magazine as one of their 50 Most Beautiful People (1996 and 1997).

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Quotes

"I don't think [the movie 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."
"I showed up in LA 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."
"High school is a dark place; I hung out with 'freaks.'"
"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."
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."
"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."
"You know you're really famous when there's rumors about you being gay."
"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."
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.
"If I was ever a teen idol, I'd kill myself."
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?"
"I was very much in my own world, never the popular kid. But I had a great family, a great brother and mother."
"I stole a lot when I was a kid, but I wouldn't steal one candy; I'd take the whole carton. I also 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."
"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 take computers practically apart and put them back together. I have a supercomputer I built over the years out of different computers."
"Years ago, there was a rumor going around that I was dead because I was working in Ireland. Once I got back, people who seemed very upset would come up to me and say, "We thought you were dead!"
"I've always had an understanding and a connection and a good relationship with gay men and women. And I don't want to censor myself about the f***ing subject because I don't have a problem with gay or straight or any of that."
"I was never interested in 'Teen Beat' like roles. I just wanted to work."
"That's what the problem is with the internet, this great escape that we have, everything automatically becomes `fact'!"
"I spent some time in prison. Just the normal stuff. Listen, I've had so much edge in my life, I don't need to contrive any. I'm not gonna front like Mr Angst."
"I was raised around a lot of artists, musicians, photographers, painters and people that were in theatre. 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."