Cinema Quote by Zoe Bell

As an actor, I usually try and keep my motivation within the context of what the character is going through.

— Hayden Christensen

I was always curious about motivation and intention, and really, that's a lot of what acting is.

— Liev Schreiber

I don't want actors reasoning with me about 'motivation' and all that bull.

— Jason Robards

As far as I can tell, most actors' main motivation is self-doubt and neuroses.

— Daniel Radcliffe

Motivation is motive in action.

— Denis Waitley

Whatever you decide is your motivation in the scene, the opposite of that is also true and should be in it.

— Michael Shurtleff

As a younger actor, my motivation may have been 'Do you want that job or don't you?' Now it's 'Do you want to look…

— Liam McIntyre

When an actor comes to me and wants to discuss his character, I say, 'It's in the script.' If he says, 'But what's my…

— Alfred Hitchcock

As actors, we often look for the scene, big moments that say, 'This is why you have to do this role.'

— David Morse

What motivates every other decision artistically or technically is the acting. This is what motivates everything. Never can a camera move be incompatible with…

— Xavier Dolan

I don't think I am motivated enough to act just for the sake of acting.

— Jubin Nautiyal

The least amount of info actors get, the better. Actors are always like, 'What is my motivation for this?' You didn't write it. Just…

— Steve Howey