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.”

“I used to hang out at karaoke bars all the time. It was the most fun you could have when you had no money.”

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

“Other people can think ahead all they want. I just focus on the task at hand and try to move on.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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 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.”

“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.”

“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 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.”

“I'm a simple, simple man.”

“I've got to be active in life, and it's the same when I'm doing stunts in a movie: I'll do anything.”

“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.”

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

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

“Music I do just for me.”

“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?”