Simu Liu

just tangentially related to film and television. And there was a fair amount of stuff that shot in Toronto. I had friends from the parkour community that were stuntmen, people that I knew that were kind of extras on TV and movie sets, and I just remember being so jealous of them. And I started going on Craigslist to look for these acting opportunities, just initially for fun.

just tangentially related to film and television. And there was a fair amount of stuff that shot in Toronto. I had friends from the parkour community that were stuntmen, people that I knew that were kind of extras on TV and movie sets, and I just remember being so jealous of them. And I started going on Craigslist to look for these acting opportunities, just initially for fun.

just tangentially related to film and television. And there was a fair amount of stuff that shot in Toronto. I had friends from the parkour community that were stuntmen, people that I knew that were kind of extras on TV and movie sets, and I just remember being so jealous of them. And I started going on Craigslist to look for these acting opportunities, just initially for fun.

I really had no endgame in mind. But I wound up skipping work one day to be an extra on a Guillermo del Toro movie that was shooting in Toronto. And it was called Pacific Rim.

I really had no endgame in mind. But I wound up skipping work one day to be an extra on a Guillermo del Toro movie that was shooting in Toronto. And it was called Pacific Rim.

I really had no endgame in mind. But I wound up skipping work one day to be an extra on a Guillermo del Toro movie that was shooting in Toronto. And it was called Pacific Rim.

And I was like, oh, I'm in trouble. I got fired very, very shortly after that, which, you know, honestly, understandable. But yeah, that was the end of my very short-lived career as an accountant. But I was very lucky to kind of book a couple of things very quickly. And then I caught the bug and I thought, look, if I could just keep doing that, you know, wouldn't that be a pretty incredible thing?

And I was like, oh, I'm in trouble. I got fired very, very shortly after that, which, you know, honestly, understandable. But yeah, that was the end of my very short-lived career as an accountant. But I was very lucky to kind of book a couple of things very quickly. And then I caught the bug and I thought, look, if I could just keep doing that, you know, wouldn't that be a pretty incredible thing?

And I was like, oh, I'm in trouble. I got fired very, very shortly after that, which, you know, honestly, understandable. But yeah, that was the end of my very short-lived career as an accountant. But I was very lucky to kind of book a couple of things very quickly. And then I caught the bug and I thought, look, if I could just keep doing that, you know, wouldn't that be a pretty incredible thing?

I was waking up every day really motivated to go out and look for work. And I was just kind of experiencing this entirely new version of myself. Because my whole life, I thought that I was just a lazy, under motivated guy. I thought that I wasn't smart. And I thought that I wasn't a great student because I wasn't a hard worker. And, you know, all of a sudden, I was kind of

I was waking up every day really motivated to go out and look for work. And I was just kind of experiencing this entirely new version of myself. Because my whole life, I thought that I was just a lazy, under motivated guy. I thought that I wasn't smart. And I thought that I wasn't a great student because I wasn't a hard worker. And, you know, all of a sudden, I was kind of

I was waking up every day really motivated to go out and look for work. And I was just kind of experiencing this entirely new version of myself. Because my whole life, I thought that I was just a lazy, under motivated guy. I thought that I wasn't smart. And I thought that I wasn't a great student because I wasn't a hard worker. And, you know, all of a sudden, I was kind of

pleasantly surprised by how motivated and hardworking I could be. And I just knew that there was something to that, that I had to keep going. And obviously kept it from my parents for a very long time, but in secret started to, you know, audition and I got an agent in Toronto and yeah, was off to the races.

pleasantly surprised by how motivated and hardworking I could be. And I just knew that there was something to that, that I had to keep going. And obviously kept it from my parents for a very long time, but in secret started to, you know, audition and I got an agent in Toronto and yeah, was off to the races.

pleasantly surprised by how motivated and hardworking I could be. And I just knew that there was something to that, that I had to keep going. And obviously kept it from my parents for a very long time, but in secret started to, you know, audition and I got an agent in Toronto and yeah, was off to the races.

Yeah. Thank you for saying that. I really had no idea what I was doing. And it was very much a trial by fire, like make every mistake in the book. And I guess where I was lucky, too, was it was around a time where I think these kind of very preliminary conversations about diversity were starting to happen. So I was an Asian actor in Toronto, Canada. So it was already a small market.

Yeah. Thank you for saying that. I really had no idea what I was doing. And it was very much a trial by fire, like make every mistake in the book. And I guess where I was lucky, too, was it was around a time where I think these kind of very preliminary conversations about diversity were starting to happen. So I was an Asian actor in Toronto, Canada. So it was already a small market.

Yeah. Thank you for saying that. I really had no idea what I was doing. And it was very much a trial by fire, like make every mistake in the book. And I guess where I was lucky, too, was it was around a time where I think these kind of very preliminary conversations about diversity were starting to happen. So I was an Asian actor in Toronto, Canada. So it was already a small market.

I was thrown into my first few auditions right away. And my first role was a desk cop number one for this show called Nikita. And I had to speak with a Chinese accent. And in doing those kind of day player roles, I remember I did every accent in the book. I played a Japanese air traffic controller for the show called Mayday. And then it became very obvious to me that I needed to kind of

I was thrown into my first few auditions right away. And my first role was a desk cop number one for this show called Nikita. And I had to speak with a Chinese accent. And in doing those kind of day player roles, I remember I did every accent in the book. I played a Japanese air traffic controller for the show called Mayday. And then it became very obvious to me that I needed to kind of