Jeremy Renner Quotes
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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.
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I used to hang out at karaoke bars all the time. It was the most fun you could have when you had no money.
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I feel connected to that idea of wanting to belong to something, to have a sense of purpose as a man on the planet.
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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.
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I love my small town, and I love going back there and supporting the community. But I could not have stayed there. No way.
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I was an athlete when I was growing up.
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I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead.
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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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The star thing, the celebrity thing, is new to me.
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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.
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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 wrong with that. But if you've got unease, then you've got to make a change.
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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?
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When I was growing up, I wasn't taught how to feel or communicate feelings.
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Not every actor gives their life to do this job. Some just do it as a job. Well, it's my life.
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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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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.
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I guess I just have one of those resting faces that makes me look like I want to beat you up.
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I don't change. The things around me change.
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I'll take any risk there is.
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I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics.
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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 just happy to be working.