I'm not very good at taking compliments. It's better than getting slapped in the face, I suppose.
Jeremy RennerSo I take a little sleeping pill, pop it and realize nothing's happening - but something else was happening.
Jeremy RennerI don't do well with expectation in my life. All I can do is do the best that I can do.
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 RennerYou have a great road map when you play somebody that exists. That's the amazing thing. But then you have great limitations from that road map. It's hard to deviate from it creatively as an actor. It's like, "Oh wait, he'd never do that."
Jeremy RennerPeople 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.
Jeremy Renner