I don't really think there's much difference between a character actor and a leading man besides aesthetics.
Jeremy RennerI 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.
Jeremy RennerOther people can think ahead all they want. I just focus on the task at hand and try to move on.
Jeremy RennerWhat 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.
Jeremy RennerThe 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 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.
Jeremy Renner