Jared Leto Quotes

I love the character I played in 'Criminal Minds.'

Nick Lea is a great actor, and doing scenes with him was always awesome.

As an actor, I love the feeling of being on set and the camaraderie of working on something together.

Working with Michael Shannon and Taylor Kitsch was incredible.

In my short acting career, I've been in incredible relationships with incredible women.

I've played all kinds of TV roles, from cowboys to fathers of teenagers. It's helped me a lot. Of course, I was very lucky to have had good directors.

As an actor, you buy into someone else's dream and make it your own, and you don't lose sight of that.

One rule which applies to every role is that you have to surrender yourself to the director with an empty slate.

For a long time, I so badly wanted to work with Jeremy Piven, and I ended up on 'Mr. Selfridge' with him. He was such a character - so brilliant to work with.

I have had some great co-actors to work with like Richa Chadha, Taapsee Pannu and Alia Bhatt. I really value these big co-stars because if they are in sync with you, it makes you a better actor.

Wayne was coming out of a session as Mickey for 'Totally Minnie.' We met in the hallway. We just blended really well.

I've played a lot of mothers in my movies.

Working with a great director is like getting a master class in acting.

'Ray Donovan' was all fiction and pure fun, to be working with such greats as Liev Schreiber and Jon Voight. My character was recurring, but my storyline was intricate to the whole thing. With the character that I played, I got to go through all aspects of my instrument. I got to bring it to tears and to laughter.

For most of my career, I've played roles that were written for other actresses.

I love actors. That's my bread and butter, and I got to work with some amazing ones on '12 Years'.

It was really fun being in Tara's trailer, working on my lines. Tara is such an amazing actress. She's so good at what she does. I learned a lot from watching her.

I like playing off strong actors, whether it's Benedict Cumberbatch or Dominic Cooper. Also I'm a hopeless romantic, so I'm fascinated by relationships.

Whether it's t-shirt and jeans or full monster suit, I'm still an actor underneath it all, and a good director is going to know that.

In terms of the character itself, I can't really say that I find anything really difficult. I enjoy the character so much I don't perceive difficulty in trying to be him. It's just a matter of how do we get there.

I've worked with actors who were very helpful and a lot better than I was.

I'm an actress who likes a strong, communicative director.

I did 'Lonely Hearts' with John Travolta and James Gandolfini. Talk about getting over your fears. These guys were amazing! Also, Cuba Gooding, Jr. is one of my favorites. We've made 3 films together. He is such a generous, giving actor.

When they're good, I like working with new actors.

With acting, it's like you form chemistry with different people in different ways, so it's really added even more fun to work, you know?