November 30, 201113 yr Vanity Fair Italy, December 7 - Interview with Jared Leto- How is it like to be touring for such a long time? Absurd, but exciting. - But you’ve given up on your private life. That’s how it is, but I try to carve out moments of solitude for my equilibrium. -Your brother Shannon and Tomo Milicevic are part of the band: how it is like to live with them? Everything is fine. We learnt to live together. - During the Milan show you’ve been alone on the stage for more than half of the time. Someone thought there was resentment between you. I was feeling bad, I preferred to extend the acoustic part with guitar and vocals so I wouldn’t strain my throat. This is the main reason. And then, besides the technical problems, the thing that I like about our concert is that no one knows how is it gonna be like, not even me. - You’re going to turn 40 on December 26. For many people, this is the moment to take a better look at what what they’ve done and what they’ve become. I’m not there yet and I have no intention to look back in the past. I evaluate only the present and the tomorrow. - You never think not even about your past relationships? Never. - You’re a lucky man: usually people end up analyzing their finished stories. I prefer avoiding these thoughts. - On your CV there’s also a ‘relashionship’ not always peaceful with the journalists. Why are you saying that? I spent my last week doing interviews and everything went fine. - Then let’s talk about the past. What was making you angry? I was never angry at the journalists. I think I’m being pretty honest, maybe that’s why sometimes people get me wrong. I’m always ready to talk about my projects, but I’m not willing to talk about my private life. There’s people gladly selling their own privacy but I’m not interested in that. - So you don’t read what people write about you? Not anymore, I used to do that in the beginning and it was only trouble. There’s always something that makes you angry. - See that you get angry? Anger and frustation are necessary to an artist in order to have success and joy. But I don’t think it’s a bad thing. - They say anger comes from fears. I think the fear of dying affects all the rest. - And this is scaring you? I’m scared by the idea of getting ill and not being abe to achieve my goals. But as years pass by, I’m losing a lot of my obsessions. Getting old is a big thing. Sure, when you’re 20 years old you’re physically and mentally strong, but I’d never go back to my youth now that I finally found serenity and freedom. - What kind of youth did you live? A tumultuous one, full of doubts about myself. - What did people never understand about you? I’m not saying I don’t give a crap because we all have the human weakness to be interested about what other people think. But I’d rather give without thinking about what I’m gonna have in return. - The way of sharing with your fans is very intense. Especially on the internet. I constantly post stuff, especially artistic things. I even got a team that takes care of my digital world: it became so huge I can’t run it all by myself anymore. - What are you going to do after this tour ends? I really have no idea. I only know that I’ll have to rest a lot. This is for sure. And, maybe, start a new road.
December 1, 201113 yr Currently 30 Seconds to Mars are touring nonstop since 2 years and they have played shows in 60 countries. What started in front of about 1.000 people at the 1LIVE-Sektor, ends, among others, with the tenfold of people at their concert in cologne. So, Jared Leto normally has to be totally exhausted, but he welcomes 1LiVE-Reporter Jörn Behr very relaxed in his Hoody, Sweatpants and light-brown fur flippers and he's looking forward to his evening meal: Fish.<..> At the end of an incredible yourney.1LIVE: Last time we met, you were pretty ill..Jared Leto: Yes, that's right! I honestly continuously coughed for 8 months. Hard to believe, right? I could never really recover from that, because we had so much stuff to do. But now we're full of energy again and at the end of an incredible journey. 1LIVE: You are about to play your 300th Concert with your record "This is War". No one ever played so many concerts with just one album. That's why you will be in "The Guinness Book of Worldrecords". When did you know you will be in there?Jared Leto: I can't remember when and how I got it. But a lot of people told us "It's insane how many concerts you are playing" and I thought "Aren't other bands doing the same?". Obviously not. And someday it has been clear, that we can reach this goal. I thought it might be a great end of the tour. I previously looked for the world's largest fingernails in the Guinness-Book or for the tallest man. More fun that we will be in it ourselves now. NO URGE FOR EXTRA-PARTY1LIVE: How do you celebrate that?Jared Leto: We will play in New York and also offer a digital ticket for the very first time. So everybody could be a part of it, in high quality. We, as a band, are partying every night on stage anyway. So we don't have the urge to do an extra-party. Maybe we just go out for dinner or something. We'll see. <..> Singer, Actor and soon a Model?1LIVE: Are you even in the mood to think about what comes next after touring for 2 years? Maybe an acting role?Jared Leto: I do not have any real plans. Sure, I always have one or two Projects, Documentaries and so on. For example, a camera is with us since the beginning of the Tour and we will make something out of it. That's why I'm happy to put more energy into this from now on. I don't like to just hang around or to lay on the beach that much. I just love to realize my pipe dreams or to organize the chaos. 1LIVE: You are a Singer, Songwriter, Producer, Actor and currently we can see you in an advertisement for a Fashion Label. Is that another territory that might excite you?Jared Leto: I watched some Fashion-Shows and it's fascinating to just have another side of the view. A lot of people are working really hard to entertain the audience-and the show maybe just be 15 minutes long! There is always something going on. And sometimes you can see really great artistic work in that Business. Presumably there are some Labels that find me interesting, because I'm one of those rare men who would also wear something really crazy. It should be the right task for me. But I have enough to do anyway. ATTENTION, USE OF FIREARMS1LIVE: If you look back to 2011 now, could you name your personal highlight? Jared Leto: To play in the Middle East, for example. You look at the audience and see people with Burqas. Such cultural experiences are always great. We saw things that we thought are impossible. We saw the rising sun in the Lebanon, we have been to China and also many times here to Germany. Ever since the Concerts we did in summer, we especially learned to love Germany as culturally varied. One time I went jogging after a show and suddenly I stood in the middle of a Military Area with those "Use of firearms" warning signs! That was incredible! Or we went to the Alps. I always try to see something of the landscape or of the museums in winter. It has been an amazing year. Dankeschön!
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