Things moved way faster than I expected so I am making my Atlanta post now.
I’ve been really quiet about what I’ve been doing and why I moved to Atlanta, Georgia, but I wanted to make sure I was down the right path for me before I shared my plans.
Most of you know that my personality is one that if I want to do something, I just do it. I don’t weigh the risk of it, just put my head down and focus until it’s done.
When I was a teen/young adult, I always wanted to try and become an actor, but a young Simon didn’t have the same attitude or personality of the present Simon. So after I lost my job, I decided to try my hand at acting.
I signed up for a couple of acting classes and moved to Atlanta for 3 months with the intention of seeing if I like it and if it was something I would actually want to do.
After a month, I realized I did actually love it and decided to extend my stay to try and become a working actor.
Timeline of activities to date:
January 06 – moved to Atlanta
January 12 – started theater acting class at Alliance Theater
January 16 – started going to Film Bar Monday meetups
January 22 – started film acting class at Catapult Acting Studio.
January 23 – background gig, defendant, Judge Me Not, ALLBLK network.
February 03 – Headshots
February 08 – Scene Acting for Emory College Film Students
February 09 – bought all gear for self tapes
February 12 – Auditions for Student Film and low budget movie
February 12 – Submissions to talent agencies (14)
February 13 – set up meetings with 2 talent agencies
February 14 – meeting with Daniel Hoff Talent Agency
February 17 – meeting with Baron Entertainment
Because my meeting went so well today, I have been offered representation, but with my meeting Friday, I told her that I would let her know Monday. But when Monday comes around, I will have an agent and representation in Atlanta.
Simon Shih 