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" I'm not violent. "
Jeremy Renner
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" I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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" 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. "
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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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" 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. "
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" Music I do just for me. "
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" 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. "
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