Quotes by Jeremy Renner

About Jeremy Renner:

Jeremy Lee Renner is an American actor, singer, and film producer. Throughout the 2000s, Renner appeared largely in independent films such as Dahmer (2002) and Neo Ned (2005). He also appeared in supporting roles in bigger films such as S.W.A.T. (2003) and 28 Weeks Later (2007). He then turned in a much-praised performance in The Town (2010), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor.
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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.

Jeremy Renner

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?

Jeremy Renner

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 wh...

Jeremy Renner

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

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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 ...

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I was always a singer. But I was always focused on being an actor as my trade. Music I do just for me. The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible.

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

Jeremy Renner

People find themselves in ruts all the time. You're in a complacent lifestyle where you work 9 to 5 and then you add a mortgage and kids. You feel trapped, but guess what, brother? You constructed that life. If you're OK with it, there's nothing wron...

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

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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.

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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.

Jeremy Renner

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

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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.

Jeremy Renner

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

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

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

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I want to be a good human being.

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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.

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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.

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

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Author Bio

  • NameJeremy Renner
  • DescriptionAmerican actor, singer-songwriter, film producer, former makeup artist, and musician
  • AliasesJeremy Lee Renner
  • BornJanuary 7, 1971
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionActor; Musician