Quotes from Jeremy Renner

I'll take any risk there is.

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

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.

I want my personal life to be personal.

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

I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics.

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 looking really to do some big giant action movie that's just trying to make a lot of money.

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.

I'm not very good at taking compliments. It's better than getting slapped in the face, I suppose.

I want to be a good human being.

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?

What matters is how I feel about it, cause if I feel good or bad about it, then the audience will feel good or bad about it and that's just sorta the job.

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

Barton is a pretty brass tacks kind of guy. Kinda get the job done so I can go home. So I don't think it's very difficult for him to decide.

Yeah, yeah, it's all fun and games until someone loses an eye type of thing. There's that kind of irreverence to it the humor and in the reality of what's really going on that plays into this movie.

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 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.

When I was growing up, I wasn't taught how to feel or communicate feelings.

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

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.

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

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.

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.