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The life and times of Adam Moryto span multiple continents, countless countries, and a chaotic discovery of himself in the crystal calm of the Caribbean doing what he loves most - fishing. A most unusual path to finding himself, Adam Moryto is the sort of actor who takes each role given and tweaks it to perfection. 

He embraces the character's core within his roles, giving them a real sense of life and existence. “Making a character personal to you is what makes the performance convincing. You have to ask yourself, what do I know about what this character is going through? And it doesn’t matter if you haven’t experienced that particular life event because you’ve felt the emotion attached to it at some point. There isn’t a human emotion any of us has failed to experience,” Adam says.

Most individuals do not dream of a 9-5 yet do little to prevent that fate from befalling them. However, right from early childhood, when he watched the Oscars, he knew that being in movies was what he wanted to do. Experience as an intern in an office setting solidified this idea because he never wanted to have such a repetitive, ordinary life. Many people accept that as their career path, but Adam Moryto does not do the usual. He’s now looking to combine his acting and fishing talents into a never before done show taking celebrities on exotic fishing trips to remote destinations worldwide. He states, “I want to get them in their most vulnerable states talking about fears, confessions, stories, dreams, childhoods…things that are difficult to achieve interviewing on stage. There’s always a guard up in a comfortable setting.” 

Hopefully, Netflix, Amazon, or some streamer sees the value in something like this. We could all use fresh content to get hooked on (pun intended) and a break from Tik Tok dances.

Adam spent his postgraduate years working with acting coaches David Rotenberg, Lewis Baumander, Andrej Acin, and Aaron Speiser, all of whom helped refine that natural inner talent he possessed almost instinctively. 

Making impressions of other actors and characters to his friends and family always elicited a laugh or a cathartic response from some kin. In addition, it made him see the value of making other people feel their emotions. “I think being able to change a human’s emotional state is true power,” he says. 

However, his career choice did come with backlash from his family and inner circle, who all thought the entertainment business was the cause of an actor’s problems, as most people do. And Moryto is no stranger to hardship. He struggled with opiate addiction forseven7 years, going through several rehabs and surviving multiple overdoses. 

And most people blamed the situation he was in for the cause of it all. But Adam has another theory of why actors, musicians, and celebrities are the ones we hear about most with addiction. 

He says, “He says, “everyone thinks fame and money cause the problem when in reality, it’s people with addictive personalities who are drawn to being an actor in the first place.  They’re the best liar; they can convince people of anything, love being in anyone’s skin but their own, and never have to be themselves. The money and fame that comes with it are just a by-product. They were an addict long before they became rich and famous.” 

He wishes the stigma around addiction and mental health would start dissipating, as most of us do. The problem, in his words, is that “people still see addiction as a choice, not a disease. And they judge for that. They don’t get why someone can’t just stop drinking or using. They don’t understand that it’s not possible. And people do horrible, disgusting things in addiction. So it will be a long road of education, patience, and mainstream exposure until the stigma ends.” 

Moryto hopes to do a podcast collaboration with Russell Brand shortly to give his experience and insight on the matter. An actor who has put in the work, Adam has a degree from the Toronto Academy of Acting and has acted alongside Academy Award winners. He wants to win his own Oscar before his 50th birthday.