Why I'm so stimulated by [producing] is it becomes more proactive. Instead of waiting around for a script to come in, or some movie trying to go. You're waiting around always for that opportunity, which is great, but I like to be a little bit more proactive. I'm a very action-oriented guy - I'm a doer. The company really became this spearhead for that sort of attitude, and so that, to me, was the most exciting part of it.
Jeremy RennerNot looking really to do some big giant action movie that's just trying to make a lot of money.
Jeremy RennerNot every actor gives their life to do this job. Some just do it as a job. Well, it's my life.
Jeremy RennerAccents can be a great tool to tell a story - but if you do it wrong, it pulls you right out of the movie.
Jeremy RennerI have a hard time saying "no" if it's right. I don't say "no" to say "no." I said "no" when I didn't have a pot to piss in. I still said "no" to big money jobs because they didn't make creative sense to me.
Jeremy RennerMy philosophy on what makeup is...it's very different from what a woman's is. Makeup came from a very psychological place - of the peacock.
Jeremy RennerI think that'll always be there for [Clint] Barton, right? You have real life, and then you have fight life. And that's the character that I love now - discovering that in him makes him a very sort of accessible Avenger. That'll always be there, I'm sure. And it certainly plays in this one.
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