Jeremy Renner Quotes

I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead.

In the 'Hurt Locker' there's a lot of me in there, a sense of humor, a man of few words and a lot of action.

When I was growing up, I wasn't taught how to feel or communicate feelings.

I feel connected to that idea of wanting to belong to something, to have a sense of purpose as a man on the planet.

I'll take any risk there is.

I know what I like and what I want, and I can sit and enjoy every 10 minutes that go by. And truly enjoy it.

I want to be a good human being.

Not every actor gives their life to do this job. Some just do it as a job. Well, it's my life.

Accents can be a great tool to tell a story - but if you do it wrong, it pulls you right out of the movie.

I have a bad sweet tooth. I'm pretty good when I have to eat well for work, but otherwise, I could eat a whole roll of raw cookie dough.

I think there's a great connection between these two characters for sure. I mean, I don't know if she's coming over for dinner on the Barton ranch ...

I'm attracted to those kinds of roles that could be good or could be bad, and you just don't know.

There's too much down time making movies. That leads to boredom. And that leads to trouble.

I'm not very good at taking compliments. It's better than getting slapped in the face, I suppose.

I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics.

I think it's great to be a part of a franchise that is successful. Any franchise is successful because it's a continuation and people have seen it.

What matters to me is learning and growing, and getting to do what I love to do. As long as I can do that, I'm happy.

I'm a simple, simple man.

I will never be in the stock market. It's just gambling. I'm a gambler, but I'll gamble on the practicality of things.

I know it's a cliche but I never wanted to be famous. I don't believe anybody wants to be famous.

I love my small town, and I love going back there and supporting the community. But I could not have stayed there. No way.

I light candles because I want to have candles lit, not because I need to see!

Oh, all those ridiculous people with zero talent who spend their lives making sure everyone knows their name. Those stupid, stupid people.

I'm not violent.

I'm blessed to have cool roles in these big movies.

Music I do just for me.

You have to wait for a big star to come in and generate interest on a project, and now that has become me, which is an amazing blessing.

I've got to be active in life, and it's the same when I'm doing stunts in a movie: I'll do anything.

I don't change. The things around me change.

The star thing, the celebrity thing, is new to me.

I used to hang out at karaoke bars all the time. It was the most fun you could have when you had no money.

I guess I just have one of those resting faces that makes me look like I want to beat you up.

I only scream and scratch when something's only 'really good' or 'good', I want to be great, or let's go home.

Other people can think ahead all they want. I just focus on the task at hand and try to move on.

I love music. I do play. It's like mathematics, and it's also emotional. It's nice to play, for no other reason than just to play.

I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties.

When you get praise from someone that you really admire it's really surreal.

I was an athlete when I was growing up.

Getting to play with Thor's hammer while he stroked my bow

I'm just happy to be working.

People love to yammer on about things that aren't real.

I'll always build houses.

I want to not do anything I've done before. That can come in any form.

Fear is just not a part of my life - so much so that if it's involved in somebody else's life and they're close to me, I won't be around them.

I live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of it anymore.

I'm able to really enjoy the wonderful things happening to me and that's a great blessing.

I like to play unpredictable characters, and I like to be unpredictable in what movie I'll do.

I don't do well with expectation in my life. All I can do is do the best that I can do.

I want my personal life to be personal.

I don't want to play a bad guy who doesn't have a bit of good in him.