musicaltheatreconfessions:

“I will do whatever it takes to have a professional career in theatre. Even if it’s not Broadway, it would be a dream come true to be able to make a living doing what I love the most. And I couldn’t even imagine doing anything else.”

I hate when I see people say ‘I’ll do whatever it takes’, because I’ve seen up close and personal what it sometimes takes. Someone I knew wanted desperately to do well in theatre and decided to do ‘whatever it takes’. A director told her she had to sleep with him in order to get a certain part, and she did that.

She was married. And it went downhill from there.

In the end, her pursuit of theatre at all costs ended up costing her her marriage, a good deal of her friendships, and the amazing person she had once been.

She was talented, too. If only she had decided to take a route other than ‘whatever it takes’.

This may not be what the confessor meant - probably they meant ‘within moral reason’ - but I’m always wary when someone says they’d do anything. You have to be careful what you think.

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