Music I do just for me. Jeremy Renner More Quotes by Jeremy Renner More Quotes From Jeremy Renner 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. Jeremy Renner brother kids people 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. Jeremy Renner expression play song Grab love of life every day. Because we're all gonna die. It's difficult to live that way. Most people are afraid to. Or can't. I find it very difficult. Jeremy Renner love-life difficult people I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead. Jeremy Renner stay-focused creative busy Our friendship [ with Don Handfield] has remained all that time, and I'm godfather to his kids, but then when The Hurt Locker came around, I just knew there was a lot of opportunity that was coming in, and just couldn't really manifest any opportunities because things were busy. Jeremy Renner hurt opportunity kids I want my personal life to be personal... And I don't care if you're talking about things that are true, you're still talking about my personal life. Jeremy Renner personal-life want Not every actor gives their life to do this job. Some just do it as a job. Well, it's my life. Jeremy Renner actors jobs giving I feel connected to that idea of wanting to belong to something, to have a sense of purpose as a man on the planet. Jeremy Renner purpose men ideas I'm not very good at taking compliments. It's better than getting slapped in the face, I suppose. Jeremy Renner very-good faces compliment I like to play unpredictable characters, and I like to be unpredictable in what movie I'll do. I want to skip to work. I don't want to repeat anything. What the future holds, I don't know, but that's what I like. I'll take any risk there is. Jeremy Renner risk play character 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. Jeremy Renner successful people thinking 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. Jeremy Renner nice two years Accents can be a great tool to tell a story - but if you do it wrong, it pulls you right out of the movie. Jeremy Renner accents tools stories 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. Jeremy Renner growing what-matters long I want to be a good human being. Jeremy Renner human-beings humans want 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. Jeremy Renner fighting skills college I'm a simple, simple man. Jeremy Renner simple-man simple men I don't do well with expectation in my life. All I can do is do the best that I can do. Jeremy Renner do-the-best wells expectations So there's that, and then there's always things you can do with the tips. Except for this, what they call the arrow tips, they'll all be non-lethal cause again we're not trying kill anybody, just sort of take control of the situation. They'll probably throw in a lot of gimmicks with the tips and trick arrows, and things like that. And ya the new, cool. Jeremy Renner gimmicks arrows trying There's too much down time making movies. That leads to boredom. And that leads to trouble. Jeremy Renner boredom too-much blessing
