Renner looking forward to first Christmas as a father

Actor Jeremy Renner says there's ''nothing better than Christmas with kids'' and can't wait for his first festive season as a father.

The "American Hustle" star is father to nine-month-old daughter, Ava Berlin, with his ex-partner Sonni Pacheco.

''The holidays are all about family, and there's nothing better than Christmas with kids," contactmusic.com quoted Renner as saying.

The 42-year-old also said that becoming a parent has made him re-prioritise his life and the roles he will take in future.

''(Fatherhood) is not going to change what I do. It changes how much I do. I am certainly very cognitive now of where things shoot; I don't want to be away from my family like I was for the past several years on the franchise run," he said.