Quotes By Jeremy Renner

I was very shy when I was younger. But I did have a terrible temperament. I would get angry very quickly, but the rest of the time I was this big goofball, playing the drums in a band and making out with girls.

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

I want to be a good human being.

I don't watch TV.

I'm consciously aware, specifically with the comic book world, where there's a built-in fanbase. But, there's a little bit of leniency because there are a couple different universes.

The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible. So I'll play in bands and record and play songs with other people, but for me it's a form of expression that all I need is me. I don't need cameras or agents, I can just have a piano and sing and feel totally verified.

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.

The most experience I had in the criminology field is playing a thug as an actor. That was my first paid job. The police academy at the college was paying people to reenact the calls that potential cops would get. So I got to play thugs and people who were unruly.

I'm a simple, simple man.

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

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 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.

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

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

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

Architecture and building is about how you get around the obstacles that are presented to you. That sometimes determines how successful you'll be: How good are you at going around obstacles?

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

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

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

There is nothing new, from Greek mythology to Shakespeare to every romcom ever made, we're just reimagining the same 12 story plots over and over again - so what makes people keep watching and listening? It's all about the character.

They don't allow you to go any further unless you can do this bomb suit training, because it puts such a mental strain on your spirit. It dumbs you down about 25 to 30 IQ points. You start to hallucinate in the heat inside the suit after 20-30 minutes. So you try not to stay in it too dang long. So the preparation for that - it's either you have it, or you do not.

Music I do just for me.

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

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

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

Building a house is like producing a movie. There's no right way to do it but a lot of wrong ways. You have to be flexible and creative. You have to move fast, be prepared - or it quickly becomes costly.

I want my personal life to be personal.

I was an athlete when I was growing up.

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