Matt Bomer Quotes

I'm very much a believer in the character always heading for something or after something. But that doesn't always have to be a selfish thing - it could be an altruistic thing as well. You can't play good; you can't play evil. But you have to think: what does this person want to happen in this situation?

Tell me what you yearn for and I shall tell you who you are. We are what we reach for, the idealized image that drives our wandering.

The motivation is important for me to act it, but I don't necessarily want the audience to know my motivation.

The most fascinating powers don't mean a thing if the guy's poorly motivated or dull, and the most generic powers won't hurt a well-motivated character. Personality and motivation are what make Magneto, Magneto and not Cosmic Boy. The powers work for him, but it's his motivation that makes him the character he is.

For each character, I try to understand what is driving them.

I chase dreams that fulfill me and not a dream that somebody else describes to me.

When you get to play a character that's in love, it's cool. Once you have love as a motivator in a story, your character is free to do anything.

Pain is the fuel of passion - it energizes us with an intensity to change that we don't normally possess.

Motivation is a battle for the heart, not just an appeal to the mind. Passion is always an expression of the soul.

Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water.

Goals don't start in our brain; they start in our heart.

Passion is the great mover and spring of the soul. When men’s passions are strongest, they may have great and noble effects; but they are then also apt to fall into the greatest miscarriages.

Desire is the mother of motivation because that is where your motivation is born.

Whatever a man wants badly and persistently enough will determine the man's character.

Motivation is an inner force that compels behavior.

All men seek happiness. There are no exceptions.... This is the motive of every act of every man, including those who go and hang themselves.

Every need got an ego to feed.

Motivation is not a thinking word; it's a feeling word.

Ask the Outsider what he ultimately wants,and he will admit he doesn't know.Why? Because he wants it instinctively,and it is not always possible to tell what your instincts are driving towards.

One thing a goal must do is fill us with positive emotion when we think about it. The more intensely we feel about a goal the more progressively we’ll move toward it.

Get inside her head. Get inside any character's head and ask what they want in this scene. And if you work from the perspective of what they want, there's not going to be any wrong answer. There's going to be some boring answers, but none of them are going to be wrong. As long as she has agency, then you're on the right track.

Life always take on the character of its motive.

I frequently gravitate toward characters that have some urgency or soul.

What is it you want? That's a question that we all get posed sometimes internally and sometimes externally.

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