Zitat des Tages von Jeremy Renner:
I feel connected to that idea of wanting to belong to something, to have a sense of purpose as a man on the planet.
I'm not violent.
I'm just happy to be working.
I was an athlete when I was growing up.
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.
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.
I'm very lucky.
People love to yammer on about things that aren't real.
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.
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.
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.
There's too much down time making movies. That leads to boredom. And that leads to trouble.
I know it's a cliche but I never wanted to be famous. I don't believe anybody wants to be famous.
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.
When I was growing up, I wasn't taught how to feel or communicate feelings.
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 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.
I only scream and scratch when something's only 'really good' or 'good', I want to be great, or let's go home.
Music I do just for me.
I don't change. The things around me change.
I'm a simple, simple man.
I don't watch TV.
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'll take any risk there is.
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.
I want my personal life to be personal.
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.
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.
Other people can think ahead all they want. I just focus on the task at hand and try to move on.
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.
I want to not do anything I've done before. That can come in any form.
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.
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.
I used to hang out at karaoke bars all the time. It was the most fun you could have when you had no money.
I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead.
Accents can be a great tool to tell a story - but if you do it wrong, it pulls you right out of the movie.