Jeremy Renner
Jeremy Renner
Jeremy Lee Renner is an American actor and singer. Throughout the 2000s, Renner appeared largely in independent films such as Dahmerand Neo Ned. He also appeared in supporting roles in bigger films such as S.W.A.T.and 28 Weeks Later. He then turned in a much-praised performance in The Town, for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth7 January 1971
CityModesto, CA
CountryUnited States of America
I want my personal life to be personal.
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.
I like to play unpredictable characters, and I like to be unpredictable in what movie I'll do. I want to skip to work. I don't want to repeat anything. What the future holds, I don't know, but that's what I like. I'll take any risk there is.
I'm able to really enjoy the wonderful things happening to me and that's a great blessing.
I want to be a good human being.
Not every actor gives their life to do this job. Some just do it as a job. Well, it's my life.
I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead.
I'm not very good at taking compliments. It's better than getting slapped in the face, I suppose.
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.
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.
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 was always a singer. But I was always focused on being an actor as my trade. Music I do just for me. The movie business is very difficult but the music business is just impossible.