Freshman Monologue
Hi. I’m Michael Kim. I’m an actor at heart. Acting is my passion; it has been since I was eight years old. My mother was a single parent so she wasn’t home much during my childhood life. I spent most of my childhood in front of a TV playing out characters, immersing myself into fictional storylines. My mother would tell me stories of how I would impersonate a cartoon, celebrity and talk show host to her friends when they visited. I was a little entertainer at eight years old. Interesting enough, I had a knack for gathering a crowd and swaying them.
Most of my life, I’ve been told I have the “gift of gab”. Since I was a little kid, I would be the one rounding up my friends to go out and cause havoc. Persuading them of the adrenaline rush that comes from buying 10 dozen eggs (keep in mind this was when they were 99 cents a dozen) and throwing them at the kids down the block that we disliked. I was certainly a little rebel back down but you have to admit, if you done this before, it was hella fun. I have nurtured this gift of gab unknowingly throughout my young adult life and fortunately, it has guided me to positive directions.
One of those positive directions was landing me at Baruch. My goal here is to build a strong GPA so I can apply to USC or UCLA’s prestigious acting program in California. The dream is to be in California, pursuing my happiness. My hope is that someday I can pursue a variety of acting roles without the restraints of financial burdens. Just act, live vicariously through characters. Don’t have to be famous, just happy, being able to say I’m living my life to the fullest and living it my way.
Besides acting, my second goal is life to build a successful real estate investment firm. After interning at a multi-million dollar real estate investment firm last year, I fell in love with the business. My hope is that one day, I can simultaneously run a real estate company while pursuing an acting career. As you all know, being an artist is not financially stable, thus I hope this combination of a career in both artistry and business becomes my remedy to the “starving artist dilemma”.
Thanks for listening.
