Quotes by Jeremy Renner

• Music I do just for me.
• 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.
• I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place.
• 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 like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead.
• I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties.
• 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.
• 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.
• They don't allow you to go any further unless you can do this bomb suit training, because it puts such a mental strain on your spirit. It dumbs you down about 25 to 30 IQ points. You start to hallucinate in the heat inside the suit after 20-30 minutes. So you try not to stay in it too dang long. So the preparation for that - it's either you have it, or you do not.