Music I do just for me.
— Jeremy Renner
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.
I like repressed characters. That gives me a lot of freedom to make a lot of different choices through subtleties.
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.
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.
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.
I like to stay busy, I like to stay focused, and I like to stay creative. Without being creative I'd be dead.
