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Jeremy Renner [1971-0] American

Rank: 104
Actor

Jeremy Lee Renner is an American actor and singer. Throughout the 2000s, Renner appeared largely in independent films such as Dahmer and Neo Ned. He also appeared in supporting roles in bigger films such as S.W.A.T. and 28 Weeks Later.

Amazing, Architecture, Experience, Famous, Fear, Humor, Learning, Movies, Romantic

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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.	Fear	101
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.		102
There's too much down time making movies. That leads to boredom. And that leads to trouble.	Movies	103
I guess I just have one of those resting faces that makes me look like I want to beat you up.		104
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.		105
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.		106
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?	Architecture	107
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.		108
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.	Experience	109
I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead.		110
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.		111
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.		112
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.	Romantic	113
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.		114
I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties.		115
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.		116
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.	Learning	117
Accents can be a great tool to tell a story - but if you do it wrong, it pulls you right out of the movie.		118
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.	Amazing	119
I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics.		120
I love the idea of going to work and having to fight and learn a new skill set, whether it's muay Thai or Kali or Filipino stick fighting. To me, it's like college for life.		121
I want to be a good human being.		122
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.		123
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.		124
I love my small town, and I love going back there and supporting the community. But I could not have stayed there. No way.		125
I used to hang out at karaoke bars all the time. It was the most fun you could have when you had no money.		126
People find themselves in ruts all the time. You're in a complacent lifestyle where you work 9 to 5 and then you add a mortgage and kids. You feel trapped, but guess what, brother? You constructed that life. If you're OK with it, there's nothing wrong with that. But if you've got unease, then you've got to make a change.		201
I'll take any risk there is.		202
I don't change. The things around me change.		203
I don't want to play a bad guy who doesn't have a bit of good in him.		204
I know it's a cliche but I never wanted to be famous. I don't believe anybody wants to be famous.	Famous	205
I'm a simple, simple man.		206
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.		207
Not every actor gives their life to do this job. Some just do it as a job. Well, it's my life.		208
Building a house is like producing a movie. There's no right way to do it but a lot of wrong ways. You have to be flexible and creative. You have to move fast, be prepared - or it quickly becomes costly.		209
Other people can think ahead all they want. I just focus on the task at hand and try to move on.		210
The star thing, the celebrity thing, is new to me.		211
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.		212
I like to play unpredictable characters, and I like to be unpredictable in what movie I'll do.		213
I'm just happy to be working.		214
When I was growing up, I wasn't taught how to feel or communicate feelings.		215
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.		216
Music I do just for me.		217
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.	Humor	218
I was an athlete when I was growing up.		219
I'm blessed to have cool roles in these big movies.		220
I'm not violent.		221
I'll always build houses.		222
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.		223
I'm very lucky.		224
People love to yammer on about things that aren't real.		225
I only scream and scratch when something's only 'really good' or 'good', I want to be great, or let's go home.		226
I feel connected to that idea of wanting to belong to something, to have a sense of purpose as a man on the planet.		301
I'm attracted to those kinds of roles that could be good or could be bad, and you just don't know.		302
I want to not do anything I've done before. That can come in any form.		303
I want my personal life to be personal.		304
I don't watch TV.		305

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