Jeremy Renner Quotes
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.
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It's always been a desire of mine to work with my parents.
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I don't want to build any image for myself. I don't want people to say, 'He does only a certain type of role.' I don't want only to be the hero of the story. An actor's weakness is the different roles that he can't do. But I am keen to grab only those roles as I am here to challenge myself.
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You need to train your brain to be positive.
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When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.
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For me, it's hard to keep up with trends. I just go for the roles and movies that I feel I could add value to, or contribute to, that I feel I could portray.
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Street protests in Saudi Arabia might warm our hearts, but they could easily lead to $250 a barrel oil and a global recession.
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The mid-day meal is a well-intentioned scheme and has to be implemented effectively.
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How long should a man's legs be? Long enough to touch the ground.
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I guess I still feel that I'm a comedian; if I had to pick one thing that I feel like I could do, it would be that. That doesn't mean that I like it, but I feel that's what I am.
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I have been in teen shows for years, so doing that stuff - kissing - is kind of commonplace and not a big deal. It was way more cool just because it was Meg Ryan.
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I can't avoid the interest in the fact that I'm an injured female soldier.
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The hardest thing for me is not to keep laughing. Jennifer particularly is like a clown.
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You go to drama school, and the people you revere and admire are those who work on the London stage, and you hope that's a world that you'll be able to break into and do enough occasional television and small film work to eventually get to the point where you're paying the bills.
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It'll certainly give the pigeons something to do.
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I grew up in the theatre. It's where I got my start. Writing a television drama with theatrical dialogue about the theatre is beyond perfection.
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My father was a tailor. He worked from seven o'clock in the morning until seven at night. At least when he got home, my mother always cooked him a very good dinner. Lots of potatoes, I remember; he used to knock them down like a dose of salts. He needed it, after a 12-hour day.
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I'm known to be hands on 100%. I don't know any other way to be than a leader by example.
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Rap is just somebody getting something off his chest. That's all it is.
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I like everything I do to have some kind of meaning.
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I think if you asked people "what's the biggest problem in your life?" They'd say, "I just don't have time for anything!" And at our fingertips, if it isn't e-mail, it's our Blackberry, and it's our iPods and telephones - we never stop. We never take those moments to stop the stimulus to find out "what's going on in there? What's really happening?" And then things start to build up. And then we are almost afraid to slow down.
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If working remotely is such a great idea, why isn't everyone doing it? I think it's because we've been bred on the idea that work happens from 9 to 5, in offices and cubicles. It's no wonder that most who are employed inside that model haven't considered other options, or resist the idea that it could be any different. But it can.
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I don't feel that much fear.
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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.
