Jeremy Renner Quotes
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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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People love to yammer on about things that aren't real.
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I want to not do anything I've done before. That can come in any form.
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I lived by the candlelight for two years because I couldn't afford power. It was nice and romantic at the time, but if you can't afford power you're pretty broke. You endure it.
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I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties.
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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 think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place. I never want to be part of something like that, where there's an agenda there that's not about telling a story, where its someone getting on a soapbox and preaching their own beliefs onto somebody.
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There's too much down time making movies. That leads to boredom. And that leads to trouble.
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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.
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I'll always build houses.
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I do music because I can just pick up my guitar and sing, and completely satisfy, instant gratification. I don't need a script, I don't people, I don't need anything, cameras, I just have myself and my guitar, or keyboard.
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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.
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I'm a simple, simple man.
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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 have a piano and sing and feel totally verified.
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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.
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I need to react to a script, to feel strongly about it in some way. And I need it to be a complex character for sure. And also, I think a lot about what kind of audience there is for the film, what they're looking for and ways to connect with them in the playing of a character.
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I want to be a good human being.
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I like to play unpredictable characters, and I like to be unpredictable in what movie I'll do.
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Other people can think ahead all they want. I just focus on the task at hand and try to move on.
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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'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.
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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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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 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.