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Jared Leto

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first: 2017-10-07
most recent: 2017-10-07
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“I would like a gadget. Yes, if you're out there and you're looking at what to invest in, please invest in any company that can help alleviate pain because I suffer from a back pain for the past seven months, but there are other people that have greater pain than me. And it's such a, it's an attainable goal to end pain. And I think that there should be some more research and development without the use of these horrific shitty drugs that are out there, but to really find a way to end pain for people that would be a good one. So get to work, guys.”
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“I'd like it to look like a place that's filled with a lot less violence. A place that's filled with a lot more understanding and kindness and a place where rather than people getting online and tearing each other down that maybe they would reach out and support or lift someone up and reach out a hand, I think that would be a wonderful future.”
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“I loved it. I loved it. I watched it again just recently and I absolutely loved it. I mean, I like to think about what tomorrow will bring and to consider the possibilities. And I think a film like Blade Runner 2049, and it's that sort of thing. It compels us to think. I mean, it's wild. Movies or books, paintings, they change us. You know, I think my life is different now because I've discovered Andy Warhol or I listened to the Rolling Stones or I saw a Blade Runner when I was a kid. You know, it changed who I am. And I love that possibility in film. I think it's a lofty goal, but it's wonderful to provoke or to inspire or even to make someone laugh. Certainly we could all use more of that in the times that we're living in.”
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“The most lovely person I've ever worked for. I mean, he's absolutely incredible. I would do anything for him. And, I mean, he's one of the reasons I absolutely had to be a part of this.”
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“I have to say, you know, the movie as brutal as it may be, which I'm sensing it is. I haven't seen it yet. It was a really incredible and beautiful group of people that worked really, really, really, really hard because they felt like they had an opportunity to bring something to life that was special and continue a story. I think they all felt a certain responsibility to do Ridley and Hampton and the novel and everything justice”
2017-10-07 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Jared Leto · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I think that Star Wars is more of a space opera. It's a fantasy film. And I think what's interesting about Blade Runner is it's more pure science fiction. I think everything in it is possible. And I think that it makes it really exciting. I mean, even how connected you were to, you know, we're talking about a fictional film here about the idea that someone would kill a reptile. I would call it an iPhone. I know. I'm getting that.”
2017-10-07 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Jared Leto · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Yeah, yeah, yeah. And I think for me, like I said before, Blade Runner or Star Wars, which I loved as a kid too, but this speaks to me as a young adult and beyond.”
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“I think it is usually so underserved. I think the bar is pretty low for a lot. I always wish there was more science fiction and more that reached a little further. That's why I appreciate being a part of this film as well.”
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“In the scenes, and I tell you the scenes that I had with Harrison Ford, I'll never forget it was really a powerful and beautiful experience. First of all, I love Blade Runner so much. And I mean, it is one of those films that I saw. How many people have seen the original Blade Runner raise your hand? Yeah, exactly. And, you know, the movie came out, it was a bomb. Nobody saw it. It was a total disaster. And in fact, they told me it just broke even like a couple months ago or something. Harrison Ford told me that I got my first check finally or like $2 or something. I don't know. But it was huge on VHS and a lot of us saw it. Yeah, cult classic. But I saw the movie a hundred times and it really taught me about what's possible in cinema. It taught me about acting and filmmaking and writing and set design and cinematography. Like, wow, that's what's possible, especially in the world of science fiction, which”
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“It was pretty incredible. A lot of the sets were real. They weren't CGI, which is different because quite a bit of filmmaking that happens now is green screen. But they built what they call practical sets, which they should call impractical sets probably. But it was amazing because when I walked onto set, I couldn't see because the contacts obstructed my vision completely, which was really helpful when I was doing the scenes. It added a greater sense of what was could be actually happening. But when I walked into the set, they actually built that walkway. They had the water there, and they had these giant walls. And I couldn't see them, but I could hear them. So it felt like I was walking into a cathedral. And it was powerful because even if you whispered, your voice carried across the room. And it added a real great sense of truth.”
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“I always look for things that I find fascinating, things that I think will be challenging because I believe the more challenging, the greater the reward. And I always look for a script, I think, as compelling with a director, I think is really incredible and a cast that's I would be excited to work with. It's pretty much that simple. It doesn't always work. You can get the best group of people in the world together and end up with a total pile of shit.”
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“No, not exactly, but it's just been supporting and promoting this film, put a new song out, have a new album coming out very soon on tour announcing a global tour in a week and doing a lot of things.”
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“I hope so because I think this group of people that made this film, the cinematographer, the director, the musical genius who did the score, the actors, it's a very, really beautiful group of people. And I would love just to see what they would do, whether I was a part of it or not.”
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“I think a little bit. I mean, I would contradict myself to contradict myself and say that there are some absolute evil people in the world. But I'm not sure Neander is absolutely evil. We'll see you have to see the next one to find out. Is there a next coming?”
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“You know, there's always we did what we had to do. But yes, if I take that hat off, the antagonist of the film is Neander Wallace, of course. That's his role in the movie. But it's not so defined. I mean, I think that, you know, as far as the script and how I read it, it's not just black and white. I don't think everyone is just a hero or a villain in this movie. And I think that's true to real life.”
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“Yeah, well, I mean, that's what you do. I mean, I think, you know, if I'm not speaking for my character, I think when you're an actor, you always try to understand The bad guy never thinks he's the bad guy.”
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“Think, I mean, someone else probably has more information than I do, but that's true. I've also been super fortunate, so it's easy for me to say that. And there are a lot of people suffering out there, but I do think overall what technology is aiding us and efficiency is always a great thing, whether it's in design. And I know you've talked to Steve Jobs about this a hundred times, is that there's some beauty in nature the most efficient wins, right? And I think that whether it's self-driving cars or some other technology, That makes us more efficient. That's better for us. It's better for the planet. It's better for everything and everyone.”
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“Again, I am optimistic. I think if you look at the statistics, you'll see that the world, missing everything, is perfect. We don't have the people that Not everyone has everything that they want or need or deserve. That's absolutely certain. But I think if you look at the number of people that are in poverty or the number of people that had no opportunity 100 years ago or the infant mortality rate or whatever kind of gauge or statistic would be meaningful, I think you'll find there's growth in a generally in a better direction.”
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“Being able to have a voice without getting permission from a gatekeeper, and that's incredible. And I think that's been pervasive all over the world.”
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“I think so. I think there's a lot of opportunity to tell stories in ways that we've never imagined before. And, you know, since everyone's here, there's... It's exciting. It's a really exciting time. You can break a lot of rules. I mean, you know, I think a television, if you want to even call it that, whether it's Netflix or Amazon or whatever else, it's better than it's ever been. I think there are better quality series than there have ever been before and in greater abundance. And I think that there's all kinds of short form content that people are making. That's absolutely incredible. Not just Charlie bit my finger or annoying orange. We're kind of moving into a different era. Thank you for the juggle. It's an exciting time, but I'm optimistic. I mean, I think there is a dystopian view of the future that we could have had 20 years ago that, oh my God, we're all going to be in the internet and everyone's going to be, no one's ever going to talk to each other. But actually, you think that, you know, overall, social media has led to more connectivity, people finding other like-minded people, people...”
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“And so I think we've all been forced to pay attention. And I think the movie businesses have learned a lot from the music business. And I think that probably a lot of the people in this room have relationships or deal with people that are in the entertainment industry. And there are a lot of people that worked at record companies that are now working at Apple or Spotify. And I think there's a lot more connectivity between the two.”
2017-10-07 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Jared Leto · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“No, I think that it's absolutely coming together. There are so many people, look, you change or you die, and I think that message is pretty clear to Hollywood. And as a musician, the music business was the canary on the coal mine. I mean, the business was just devastated. But we have growth again, and it's a much better shape than it's been for a very long time. And music is living on digital platforms, and the future is here and it's streaming.”
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“I fig I should have turned down jobs at every internet company there was. I'll never forget, I think Jeff Bez is went on. You should work here. I was like, why would I want to do that? I'm a reporter. I think he had four employees at the time. That was a bad decision on my part. So I'm going to finish up talking about the concept of how you feel. These companies getting Amazon getting very deeply into content. As a person who makes both movies and music and is an actor and wants to be a director and obviously likes technology, which is unusual, I think, for still a lot of people down there. Do you think the Gulf has widened or is it coming together? How do you look at it?”
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“Social media at the same It shifts, and there are other jobs. I think that people always find a way to be busy. I mean, I think that we're all obsessed with being productive. and that we find new ways to dream in order to accomplish those dreams, it takes the efforts of so many of us. So I don't necessarily think that just because we're driving and we're not on horseback, that there are less jobs now because of that, the automation or the industrial revolution didn't lead to less jobs. It led to more jobs. So I think that probably will continue for some time. But I'm just an artist. What do I know?”
2017-10-07 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Jared Leto · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“Well, when you take on a role, you become part an investigator, researcher, and if there aren't questions that are answered in a film, you make them up or you do some kind of educated guessing and you start to build a little bit more truth so that when you do the scenes and you're acting with people you have a greater sense of a relationship there and you try to expand that as much as possible so that you can always have a sense of truth when you're in your scenes and playing your role.”
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“The relationship with hologram was particularly interesting, which was created by your character. How did you look at when you were, you weren't in that part of the movie, but the concept of you had a very strong relationship with your replic, the replicant, who did all the killing for you or did your bidding essentially? How do you look at those relationships when you think about them, when you were doing the movie, how did you consider your replicant, for example?”
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“Well, of course, he was programmed to have. Those thoughts or emotions, if you want to call them that, but I think maybe it's interesting to look at the perspective of, well, regardless of if that thing is alive or dead, what is the relationship that the people have around with it And how would that affect them as well? I mean, because certainly you could take something that's not organic and have, I suppose, in the future, quite a bit of emotion or affection for that.”
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“So, do you imagine that machines do have? He was saying you did find, I think it was Robin Wright that was saying you did fine without a soul. But he clearly is very soulful. He has a relationship with the hologram, a very deep relationship with the hologram. And I remember, I think we met once we were talking about her, Spike Jones was around and talking about the idea of falling in love with just a voice. Do you imagine that we have to sort of rethink what that soul is?”
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“You got involved with that. And it is true. And of course I'm joking from my character's point of view. I think in the future it's debatable. How do we treat things when something has the ability to think or have an opinion? Is it life? Where does life begin? Where does it end? We're arguing about that every single day still. So I think it's going to be a complicated issue in the future. And I'm glad I don't have to have the responsibility of dealing with that.”
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“And this idea of, we're going to have a couple more questions, and I don't know if there's any questions. I don't think we have things for questions from the audience, but this idea of replicants and the idea of slavery and whether they're free or not and what happens when we get to that point. Now, I think we're not even close to creating robots that are in this essentially cyborgs, I guess, or replicants. How do you look at the idea that they are not seen as anything but slaves? Like I think he said we got tired of slaves. Yeah, we lost our appetite. We lost our appetite for slaves, so we created ones that you call an iPhone, which is vaguely disturbing.”
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“Replicant gets killed, yeah, yeah. I love the world of Blight Runner. For me, it was one of a life-changing experiencing the original film, and it really was one of my favorite films that I've ever seen. I recommended it to a thousand people I've seen it a hundred times. For me, it's Star Wars. I hope they continue to make Blade Runner films. I hope that there is a lot of films that they continue to make that we wish they didn't. Continue to make naming no names. So I think the world, the universe is ripe for some healthy exploration and I hope they continue the stories.”
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“I think that what he's able to do without his eyes and what he's able to do with technology is actually for him to be able to see more, to see deeper, to see things that you wouldn't be able to see with just your eyes. Because of course he could have his eyes replaced. But I think that he's learned to live in this way and he actually prefers it. Yeah.”
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“The thing in his neck is kind of. It's a bit of an upgrade. I mean, there are different ones for different purposes. So depending on what's happening, you can kind of plug in.”
2017-10-07 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Jared Leto · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“My eyes, it's actually an interesting story. I worked with a guy named Chris from an organization called Junior Blind in Los Angeles, and he was incredible. He taught me about blindness. He lost his sight at a very young age. And he was one of these really special people that have a heart of gold. It's super sweet. And you just fall in love with them as soon as you meet him. So he was kind of my guide. And his eyes were beautiful. They were scarred by a surgery. And we modeled his portion of his eyes after him, the character. And he just has these really brilliant eyes. Like there's lights coming from them. But it was a wonderful experience to be that close and to spend time with him because”
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“Just You know what's incredible though? I see that people like I was in LA at this greening and I walked in the party afterwards and people were like just giving me this look of like, you know. Usually, it's like, ah, good job. It's you. And people are just like, I don't want to talk to that guy But in reality, all I did is just broke a couple of iPhones. I didn't kill any real people, did I? I mean, maybe. They just looked like us. So, what are you so upset about? Okay. I just smash my iPhone. I have thousands of them. It's up to me if I want to smash them or not.”
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“I mean, I think the reason people are reflecting is because a lot because of politics, because they feel like social media, which you've been very active on it has been weaponized that there's parts that are now being manipulated and everything. And this sort of feeds into this idea of this world, which is utterly, completely either fabricated world or a world that runs almost entirely on tech or where everything is built around tech, where your companions are not real or they are real, your memories are real, or they're not real. Did you think about a lot with this movie? Because the original Blade Runner kind of brought in these ideas of this dystopian future brought on by technology, really. Or maybe not. Maybe just humanity.”
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“Yeah. So I don't think that's a reflection of tech. I think there's a brighter light that's shined on tech right now because people are fascinated about it because it's a part of all of our lives. I mean, we're all connected. We're all kind of bioengineered in a way because we're just tied to technology incessantly. And it touches our lives in every way possible from the glasses on your face to the design of your shoes to the microphone to the computer to the screen to the lights in the room.”
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“In music and in film and in other things. I mean, I see a lot of art in the business up here. And I love the optimism. I love the fact that the impossible isn't something that you shouldn't chase after. And in fact, the impossible is oftentimes something you can make a reality.”
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“I think because I make music, I'm in a band that I was forced to be a defecto amateur marketer, amateur digital in social explorer in the early days. I mean, we were signed in 1998, and I think our band had one of the very first websites at the record company, and we had the very first to ask for a message board. They actually didn't know how to do it at the time. And it was the beginning of an education for me. And I just found it really fascinating. And I'm not exclusively a tech investor. I love to invest in other things as well. But I just like to learn and I'm passionate about that. And I get a chance to be around really smart, creative, interesting people. And I see a lot of commonality with what they do and with what I do.”
2017-10-07 · Decoder with Nilay Patel · Recode Decode: Jared Leto · IDENTIFIED FROM THE TRANSCRIPT
“I have about 52 tech investments. 52. Yeah. So I'm probably invested in many of the companies that you guys are familiar with up here or some of you that may be here. And thank you for that. But it's been an amazing part of my life for about a decade now investing and learning more about that. And it's really exciting because I'm a curious person and I love to learn and I get to work with some of the smartest people in the world who are changing things. I think for the better, for the most part. And yeah, so that was close to home in a way.”
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“No, I don't know. I mean, it was beautifully written and it was a pleasure to play the part. This is a guy who saved the world from starvation and has a very clear idea of what it's going to take in order for a civilization to continue. And I thought it was interesting. I do have some friends in the tech world that I may or may not have based certain aspects of this character on.”
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“No, I haven't seen the movie, so you got to tell me. Okay. But I'm assuming from the music I just heard in the credits it was slightly dark.”
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