The dictionary says ethics are “moral principles that govern a person’s behavior or the conducting of an activity.” In this social media-driven, instant result-oriented world, ethics may seem old-fashioned or like they have little importance. We live in a culture obsessed with the worship of money, fame, and power, a way of life that can make it easy to feel the need to obtain these things by any means necessary.
As an actor, you have to ask yourself how this all applies to your career. Do you see ethics playing a role in your life and your pursuit of acting success? Or will you do whatever you deem necessary to “make it”?
To become an actor, you need to learn how to act. Are you willing to make the commitment and sacrifices necessary to learn your trade and develop skills or are you rushing to results without working on development? If it’s the latter, actors may find themselves at an ethical crossroads: misrepresenting who they’ve trained with or how long they’ve trained to appear more skilled than they are. Some may even claim to have been teachers or to have the expertise to teach despite not having the training to do so.
Actors who pursue fame but don’t develop
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