Quotes from Jeremy Renner

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.

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.

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.

I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead.

I was an athlete when I was growing up.

I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties.