142 Quotes by Jeremy Renner

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

I'm not very good at taking compliments. It's better than getting slapped in the face, I suppose.

I’m a simple, simple man.

Accents can be a great tool to tell a story – but if you do it wrong, it pulls you right out of the movie.

I’m attracted to those kinds of roles that could be good or could be bad, and you just don’t know.

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 guess gritty is the word that you said. But it has a different tone. We’re not flying around in different universes – it’s a bit more earthy.

I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I’d be dead.

I think cinema should provoke thoughts, sure, but using it as I soapbox I think is the wrong place.