“A lot of the motivation for doing the 'Make 'Em Laugh' on SNL was because I had just finished shooting 'Inception,' where there were zero-gravity scenes and I got into really good shape and was training and did all these stunts. Coming off of that, that instilled me with the confidence to do 'Make 'Em Laugh.'” MotivationLaughingSceneShapesTrainingFinishedShootingEmsZeroGravityInceptionSnlZero Gravity Author:Joseph Gordon-Levitt
“The last two days of shooting ('Harper's Island') was probably the most hardcore, the coldest anyone has ever been. It was like your head was freezing, and my motivation for most scenes was, 'The minute this scene is over, I'm heading straight over to that heater to get warm.'” TwoLastsMotivationMinutesLike YouSceneWarmShootingIslandsHeadingsTwo DaysHardcoreFreezingHarper Author:Elaine Cassidy
“Cats are great with clicker training. There's a great video you can get called "Clicker Magic". There's a scene in that video where a cat is trained to go through a mini dog agility course - it's all done with food motivation and clicker training. You can train them to do all sorts of thing.” DoneMotivationCoursesMagicDogSceneTrainingCatTrainVideoAgility Author:Temple Grandin
“Whatever you decide is your motivation in the scene, the opposite of that is also true and should be in it.” ShouldMotivationActingSceneOpposites Book:Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part Source: Audition: Everything an Actor Needs to Know to Get the Part