Jeremy Renner quotes

Born
January 7, 1971, Modesto, California, United States.

Occupation
Actor.

Jeremy Renner is an American actor.

Movies
Arrival (2016)
Mission Impossible Ghost Protocol (2011)
Mission Impossible Rogue Nation (2015)
The Hurt Locker (2008)
Wind River (2017)

I guess I just have one of those resting faces that makes me look like I want to beat you up.
– Jeremy Renner

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

I’m blessed to have cool roles in these big movies.
– Jeremy Renner

Other people can think ahead all they want. I just focus on the task at hand and try to move on.
– Jeremy Renner

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.
– Jeremy Renner

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?
– Jeremy Renner

Music I do just for me.
– Jeremy Renner

The star thing, the celebrity thing, is new to me.
– Jeremy Renner

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

Not every actor gives their life to do this job. Some just do it as a job. Well, it’s my life.
– Jeremy Renner

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.
– Jeremy Renner

I used to hang out at karaoke bars all the time. It was the most fun you could have when you had no money.
– Jeremy Renner

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.
– Jeremy Renner

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.
– Jeremy Renner

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.
– 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.
– Jeremy Renner

I’m not violent.
– Jeremy Renner

When I was growing up, I wasn’t taught how to feel or communicate feelings.
– Jeremy Renner

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

I was an athlete when I was growing up.
– Jeremy Renner

I’m inconsistent, even to myself.
– Jeremy Renner