#jlrquote

“i have a character that has no superpowers—he is only a superhero because he has a high skill set, and I love that. it inadvertently and passively teaches kids that anybody can be a superhero, and that it is all about having mental capacity and fortitude, and all these other things that I think are great to teach a kid.”

“renner has a straightforward, no-nonsense blokeishness such that, when he says he really doesn’t care about something – and this is something he suggests a lot – it comes across as real rather than bravado. sparkling or non-sparkling water? “I don’t care,” he says. he’s the kind of guy who, despite his rising star, you might share more than a few beers with at the bar.”

“getting dressed, undressed, tying your shoes you can’t do that and my daughter can do that and she’s four! and i can’t even do that like ‘baby can you tie daddy’s shoes?’ and you can’t even do your zipper or anything.  

you just feel pretty helpless.

and any room that had a round knob i’d get locked into it! because a lever i can like use my elbow to get it down but i’m like...get me out of this room!”

“it’s made me so happy ... i would only go to karaoke because it was free. there was a crew of us that went, and we were all pretty good singers. people just kept coming, and we kept filling the bars, so they kept giving us free drinks, so we didn’t have to spend any money. we are all broke, so broke! ... but i realized that was probably one of the happiest chunk of years for me because i was doing something i really loved to do, and still got to be social, and it didn’t cost me any money that i didn’t have anyway.”

“what’s not to love about sinatra? that’s how i grew up in music. frank sinatra continues to influence our culture; a lot of people would still love to be just a percentage of what he was back in the day.  he represents masculinity, femininity, music, style, everything.”

“it’s not for any other reason than to just, kind of, do it, it’s just to get in there, and make some music with my friends.”