Jared Leto doesn't feel connected to where he grew up.
The Oscar-winning actor admits he is glad he "escaped" from his hometown Bossier City, Louisiana at an early age because "it's very oppressive."
In a joint interview with his older brother Shannon Leto, the 'Dallas Buyers Club' star told the new issue of FourTwoNine magazine: "We escaped early on. It's very oppressive. We would go back for the summers and stay with our grandmother, though. So the culture was always there that we returned to.
"We moved around every couple of years growing up. Way up to north Massachusetts. Everywhere. But no matter where we were it was a very creative environment around artists. That is obviously an important reason that Shannon and I are pursuing the path that we are now."
The 30 Seconds to Mars rockers also insist they aren't "adverse" to defining themselves as "queer" without it being a sexual term but a cultural one.
Shannon said: "I wouldn't care."
And Jared added: "I don't think we'd care at all. We certainly identify with people who are different."
He is also happy that his band has a large LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) fan base.
He said: "I got a note from a kid yesterday. We were signing a thousand CDs after a show. If you looked at him, he looked like any young kid maybe in twelfth grade or eleventh grade who'd be on the baseball team or something. A nice looking kid. He handed me a note and it said, 'I just want to say thanks so much for the music. It's helped me in many ways-especially with coming out this year to my family.'"

Nick Lachey's wife says their little boy is "the sweetest guy."
Vanessa Lachey enjoys watching their 19-month-old son, Camden, reach new milestones and loves that he is very affectionate.
The 33-year-old star told PEOPLE.com: "He's the sweetest guy, he gives you kisses and hugs and just wants to play. It's really cute to watch him grow, learn and become this little man."
The brunette beauty is surprised by Camden's vocabulary and thinks he is very intelligent.
She explained: "He says, 'Avocado please, yogurt please, strawberries please, down please,' or, 'Come here,' which means pick me up, 'Love me, hug me, kiss me,' -- that's his favourite thing.
"He likes to learn, he's so good. His verbal level to me is beyond what I've expected and he doesn't get aggressive."
She added: "He's obsessed with books, he goes and gets his flash cards and he loves cars, fire trucks, taxi cabs [and] anything having to do with transportation."
Vanessa and Camden recently moved to New York City with former 98 Degrees star Nick for his new presenting job on VH1's 'Big Morning Buzz Live!'
And the 40-year-old star previously admitted they are thinking about having another baby in the near future.
He said: "We won't wait too much longer. I really want to have a little girl."

Danniella Westbrook is engaged after a whirlwind romance.
The former 'EastEnders' actress has reportedly agreed to marry martial arts fighter Tom Richards after he proposed while they were on a romantic break after just two months together.
A source told The Sun newspaper: "The proposal took Danniella by surprise. She's over the moon. They booked a romantic break to Palma and Tom thought it was the perfect opportunity to show her how much she meant to him.
"It was a beautiful proposal as he went down on one knee by the pool as the sun was setting.
"Danniella instantly said yes and burst into tears. She can't wait to get back to the UK and show off her diamond ring."
The 40-year-old actress will have to wait to get married to her 24-year-old fiance though, with her divorce from estranged husband Kevin Jenkins - with whom she has a 12-year-old daughter Jody B - still ongoing.
The couple split in January after 12 years together, and Kevin was her second husband following a brief marriage to van driver Ben Morgan in the 1990s.

Amanda Holden says the 'Britain's Got Talent' judges are all "genuinely good" friends.
The star - who appears on the panel alongside Simon Cowell, Alesha Dixon and David Walliams - is glad to be back for another series and insisted the quartet haven't argued too much so far.
She told the Daily Express newspaper's Saturday magazine: "It's such a laugh and the days fly by. It's lovely to be back with everyone.
"We all have genuinely good friendships and we all bounce off each other. I love Alesha, Simon and David.
"The energy on the show is really fast, snappy and upbeat. It's great. I don't think the four of us have had many disagreements this year. We've all been pretty much on the same page."
The show will kick off its eighth series tonight (12.04.14) and Amanda is convinced there is still plenty of talent across the country to justify its longevity.
She added: "I know I say it every year. Even my husband always say, 'Can't you think of something different to say?'
"But every year I say, 'Thank god that there is still so much talent out there.' "

Aloe Blacc thinks hip-hop is a "limiting genre".
The 35-year-old star began his music career as an underground rap artist, but he's confessed he decided to move away from the genre because he couldn't write songs about his feelings.
He exclusively told BANG Showbiz: "I wanted to explore different types of messages in songs and I felt like hip-hop was a limiting genre.
"There's a lack of humility, so writing a song that sort of exposes the frailty, fragility, the faults of an individual is not likely what you would hear in the music and not likely what the audience wants to hear either."
The 'I Need a Dollar' hitmaker, who is married to Australian rapper Maya Jupiter, doesn't think it's possible to make a successful love song if you're a hip-hop artist because he claims listeners aren't interested.
He explained: "I felt like there wasn't really an audience for certain topics. I think it's very difficult to communicate to an audience or to have an audience for a love song in hip-hop.
"Knowing the landscape of hip-hop and nearly all of the songs for the last twenty years, it's very difficult for me to find a true, real good love song."
However, if possible, he would like to change the genre for the better in the future.
He added: "I felt like I could accomplish those kinds of things with other forms of songwriting. If I could bring it back to hip-hop then maybe I can help expand the genre."

Shailene Woodley's fear of heights fuelled her to be more daring.
The 22-year-old actress climbed to the top of a giant Ferris wheel in new movie 'Divergent' despite being scared of heights, and she says she has a "sick addiction" to challenging her fears, just like her alter-ego Tris.
She explained: "One of my biggest fears is heights. I love it, though - it's like a sick addiction. I'm so afraid of heights but I love pushing myself and going higher and higher, and getting sweatier and more nervous. It's weird."
Shailene says the Ferris wheel scene was particularly challenging, because it was shot in ice cold temperatures in Chicago, but she actually enjoyed the experience.
She recalled: "It was freezing! It was really fun, we started at 8pm at night and there was a giant harvest moon going across the sky, and we were climbing up and down for hours and hours. We got to see the sunset and the sunrise. It was really magical."
The young starlet was eager to do her own stunts in the film to fully experience the nature of the action genre.
She added in an interview with SFX magazine: "I did as many stunts as the insurance would allow. It was exciting because I've never done an action film before, so to incorporate physicalities into an emotional human storyline was a new adventure."

Hulk Hogan made peace with Ultimate Warrior days before his death.
The WWE icon has revealed the two superstars put aside their differences and ended their feud before the late wrestler shockingly died at the age of 54 on Tuesday (08.04.14).
Hulk wrote on Twitter: "RIP WARRIOR. only love ... We talked,both forgave each other,we hugged ,we shook hands as we told each other I love you,I am so sad,God bless his beautiful family HH (sic)"
The former WWE Champion - who will be attending the WWE's UK Tour next month, appearing at the SmackDown show on 20th May at the O2 Arena in London - decided to pay "total respect" to the Hall of Famer's legacy by training to get into "Warrior shape".
He tweeted: "Got in the gym tonight and got my head right,rededicated myself to getting in Warrior shape just out of total respect for Warroirs legacy HH (sic)"
In his final speech on Raw on Monday night (07.04.14) just hours before his tragic death, the late legend spoke about mortality.
He said: "No WWE talent becomes a legend on their own. Every man's heart one day beats its final beat.
"His lungs breathe a final breath and if what that man did in his life makes the blood pulse through the body of others and makes them bleed deeper and something larger than life then his essence, his spirit, will be immortalised."

Lady Gaga uses facelift tape "every day" to look younger.
The 28-year-old singer has admitted she uses the tape to pull the skin around her cheekbones and neck tight in an effort to look more youthful and revealed it is part of her morning ritual.
She told the Daily Mirror newspaper: "When I have my wig cap on and I'm taping my face, it's a sort of meditation for me. Every day, it starts the same way. It's like a mantra.
"I wash my face, I pin my hair back and put on a wig cap and I ask, 'How am I going to form my eyes today with this tape? How will I pull back my neck with tape?' "
The 'Poker Face' star insisted despite not being a natural look, it can still be "honest" and authentic.
She said: "Looking artificial can be honest. Being glamorous can come from a place of authenticity and a place of love."
However, plastic surgeon Jeya Prakash has warned the tape could lead to permanent damage.
He explained: "By taping your face tight, you are reducing the circulation which means there are less nutrients getting to the skin, so abnormal collagen will be produced.
"This is like internal scarring as different types of cells form the skin - like with a scar. In the long term, it will speed up the ageing process."

Andrew Garfield wants to be "naked all the time".
The 'Amazing Spider-Man 2' actor - who began dating co-star Emma Stone three years ago - has admitted he likes to go to "nude beaches" and urged people to have no "shame" about their bodies.
Speaking at the superhero film's premiere in London, he told the Daily Star newspaper: "I love hanging out on nude beaches, yes, because I just love being naked.
"I'd be naked all the time if I could be. It's important to be in touch with our bodies and not to have shame about what we are made of."
The star admitted it helps being so comfortable with his body when he has to wear Spandex for his role as Spider-Man, because he is "pretty much naked" and so needs to be confident.
He explained: "Being in Spandex for the film is tricky, it does not suit the British.
"You are pretty much naked so you have to trust what you have is enough ... I have that great British reserve where I don't like attention."

Lee Ryan will seek "professional help" for personal issues following his arrest.
The Blue singer was arrested yesterday (11.04.14) on suspicion of drink driving and later charged with failure to provide a specimen and criminal damage, and it is said those close to him are concerned.
In a statement, a spokesperson said: "This low point has caused considerable concern to Lee's family, loved ones and of course the Blue boys.
"Worried about his recent erratic behaviour, management have now intervened and taken appropriate action.
"No excuses will be made on Lee's behalf, but he will be seeking professional help for those issues that he has been unable to overcome on his own."
In the statement, it is also confirmed that "a controlled substance was found in his possession" after he was picked up by police at 5.30am.
The spokesperson said: "I can confirm that Lee was arrested in the early hours of Friday morning. He was arrested on suspicion of drink driving and is awaiting a court date.
"He was charged with failure to provide a specimen and criminal damage. A controlled substance was found in his possession."

Lee Ryan reportedly urinated in his cell after being arrested for alleged drink driving and possession of drugs.
The Blue singer is said to have been held in a police cell yesterday (11.04.14) after being picked up by officers who spotted him driving erratically in west London.
According to The Sun newspaper, police also allegedly seized Class A drugs from the Range Rover when they arrested him at 5.30am, before taking him into custody after refusing to take a breath test.
He was locked up to let him calm down before questioning, but a source claimed he then urinated in the cell, leading him to be formally arrested again - this time for criminal damage.
A Met Police spokesman said: "Police stopped a car after officers witnessed it being driven erratically.
"The driver was arrested suspicion of drink driving and taken into custody.
"He was subsequently arrested on suspicion of drink driving and taken into custody."
The spokesman later confirmed he had been charged with criminal damage and failing to provide a specimen.
The star 'Celebrity Big Brother' star was released on bail after more than 12 hours in custody, and is expected to appear at Ealing Magistrates' Court on May 2.

Sir Bruce Forsyth hates being described as a "national treasure".
The veteran entertainer - who recently announced he was stepping down as 'Strictly Come Dancing' host - insisted he doesn't like the title because it makes him feel like he "should be buried".
He told the Daily Mail newspaper: "I hate being called a 'national treasure', because it sounds like I should be buried."
The 86-year-old star was criticised during his time on the ballroom dancing contest for "fluffed lines", which he has put down to the autocue rather than old age.
He explained: "They're always having a go at me about the autocue. Of course there's a few fluffed lines because it's live. Newsreaders often make mistakes but that's forgotten about.
"But I don't have that luxury. I'm up there to be shot at. As soon as I fluff it, it's all, 'Well he's 86 - it's hardly surprising'.
"It's always about my age. It's patronising and it's very unkind and very uncalled for ... But it's live television - people don't seem to know what live telly really is."