142 Quotes by Jeremy Renner

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

I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics.

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.

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

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 know it's a cliche but I never wanted to be famous. I don't believe anybody wants to be famous.

Marvel's really smart about continuing the storylines of all the different movies from Ultron into this one and blah to blah to blah - it's pretty seamless. So where we left off in Ultron is definitely picked up in Cap 3 here, pretty smoothly I think.