- In November 2008 Jared joined Scarlett Johansson, Christina Ricci and Hayden Panettiere, among others, in featuring in a line of celebrity trading cards, with sale proceeds going to charities selected by the stars.
- In March 2007, Jared was performing with his band, 30 Seconds to Mars, in Texas when the crowd rushed forward, trampling him. Jared incurred a broken nose and minor injuries to his face, body and foot.
- In January 2007, Elijah Wood revealed Jared picked a fight with him in October 2006, simply because Elijah had said he didn’t like his band.
- Lindsay Lohan claims Jared was so ashamed of dating her that he avoided being photographed with her. She goes on to say that their relationship didn't work out because he didn't like the crowds of paparazzi who follow her everywhere.
- Jared Leto seems to play a disfigured person in a lot of his movies. In Fight Club his face was beaten so badly that he wasn't recognizable. In Panic Room he was extensivley burned. In Requiem For a Dream he had to have his arms amputated because of an infection. In American Psycho he was killed win an axe.
- Jared Leto was nominated as one the "Sexiest Vegetarians" by PETA.
- Jared Leto likes to spend his free time going hiking, writing a few songs, going skateboarding, going snowboarding, and reading.
- Jared Leto has turned down movie roles in order to tour with his band.
- In 2000, Jared Leto played the role of "Harry Goldfarb" in the movie Requiem for a Dream. He lost 28 pounds for the role and also gave up having intercourse for two months to prepare for it.
- Jared Leto went to the the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Jared Leto has a dog named Judas.
- Jared Leto is 5'10" tall.
- Jared won the Prince of Darkness award at the First Annual Fuse Chainsaw Awards 2006.
- Jared Leto is in the band 30 Seconds to Mars as the lead singer.
- Jared's favorite drink is hot chocolate.
- Jared moved to Los Angeles in 1992.
- Jared was featured in the People magazines "Hottest Bachelors" issue for 2006.
- Leto was twice chosen by People magazine as one of their 50 Most Beautiful People, in 1996 and 1997.
- He gained 62 lbs for his latest role, playing "Mark David Chapman" in Chapter 27. He lost the weight by going on an all-liquid diet consisting of lemon juice, maple syrup, cayenne pepper, and water. He lost 20 lbs. in 10 days. He was diagnosed with gout because of his rapid wieght loss.
- Jared was engaged to Cameron Diaz from 2000-2002.
- As of March 2006 Jared leto is now 5'11" and weighs 180 pounds.
- Jared is a vegetarian.
- Jared loves onion rings but doesn't like onions.
- Jared has a huge crush on Jessica Simpson.
- Jared has been offered big money from Playgirl magazine to pose in the buff. He has not yet accepted their offer (September 2005).
- Jared has recently been spotted with Lindsay Lohan (August 2005).
- Jared has had a busy 2005 summer. He has dated Scarlett Johannson, Ashley Olsen, and now Lindsay Lohan since May 2005.
- Jared Leto: 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!"
- Jared Leto: 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.
- Jared Leto: 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.
- Jared Leto: 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.
- Jared Leto: 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.
- Jared Leto: You know you're really famous when there's rumors about you being gay.
- Jared: Well, the experience for me making a film is the most profound one. I really don't have any business watching the movie so much. Maybe I could watch it for entertainment purposes, but you have so little input and control of the final product once you're done that I feel like I just would rather leave it alone. It kind of leaves me in a place where every film I do, I'm kind of having to reinvent and figure out how to start again fresh, and hopefully not repeat myself.
- Jared: I was never interested in `Teen Beat` like roles. I just wanted to work.
- Jared: There are some people who might look better if you smacked them in the head with a baseball bat.
- Jared: 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.
- Jared: It's nice because I think a lot of people would rather stay home and play a video game these days then go to a rock show.
- Jared: 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.
- Jared: 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. - Detour, November 1996.
- Jared: High school is a dark place; I hung out with 'freaks.'
- Jared: 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.
- Jared: 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.
- Jared: I was very much in my own world, never the popular kid. But I had a great family, a great brother and mother.
- Jared: 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!
- Jared: DVD box sets are really good on a tour bus because you get hooked in for hours at a time while you're driving from Texas to Atlanta. I also just watched the first season of 24, I thought that was really good, too.
- Jared: 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.
- Jared: It was great growing up a nomad. To this day I still love hiking and back packing.
- Jared: No, I don't wear contacts, and contrary to what some people have said, I do not have a glass eye.
- Jared Leto: 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.
- Jared: 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.
- Jared: I take computers practically apart and put them back together. I have a supercomputer I built over the years out of different computers.
