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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Jeremy Renner

Business

Music

Impossible

" 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. "

" Music I do just for me. "

Jeremy Renner

Just

Music

" I was an athlete when I was growing up. "

Jeremy Renner

Growing Up

Growing

" I think it's great to be a part of a franchise that is successful. Any franchise is successful because it's a continuation and people have seen it. "

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

" 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

Action

Humor

" 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. "

" 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 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'll always build houses. "

" The star thing, the celebrity thing, is new to me. "

Jeremy Renner

Thing

Celebrity

" When I was growing up, I wasn't taught how to feel or communicate feelings. "

" Fear is just not a part of my life - so much so that if it's involved in somebody else's life and they're close to me, I won't be around them. "

Jeremy Renner

My Life

Fear

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

Jeremy Renner

Freedom

Different

" 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. "

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

" 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'm blessed to have cool roles in these big movies. "

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

" 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. "

" 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 live my life through fear. If I'm afraid of it I'll do it just so I'm not afraid of it anymore. "