Ethical Acting Quotes

Just to set the record straight, a salary for a given on-screen performance does not include the right to invade anyone’s privacy, to destroy someone’s sense of self.

It's really important to draw the line on what we do as actors.

I'd like to play nothing but good characters.

I planned so well for my post-'Cosby Show' life that I don't have to make desperate acting choices that conflict with what my values.

I've definitely enjoyed myself more on the projects where I've played a good person, rather than on the projects where I've played somebody who is morally compromised.

You always have to make positive choices as an actor, even when you're playing someone who may not be doing the best things.

I've never done coke or anything, and I've never played a character who has, so I don't know whether I would actually try coke if I had to play a character who took coke.

There's an inherent responsibility actors feel when portraying something that actually exists in the world. It's arguably something that not all actors would agree on because this is a craft, but for me, it's the emotion of what a character is going through that makes the performance what it is. We have a responsibility to bring those emotions to light.