‘Kung Fu’ Star Shannon Dang On The Five Things You Need To Shine In The Entertainment Industry
… First, get rid of the idea that there’s one correct answer. It helps take the pressure off many things out of your control. My favorite parable is the following. You’re a strawberry; all you could be is the perfect strawberry. But sometimes you go in there, and they’re looking for an apple, and no matter what you try and do, you’re going to be something other than an apple. So all you can do is be the best strawberry, and then they’ll remember that and be like, you know what, when we need a strawberry, I’ll remember that. Thinking that way takes the pressure off of everything.
I had the distinct pleasure of talking with Shannon Dang. Shannon is from Pasadena, California, where she discovered her love of dance and performing at an early age. By the age of 13, she was dancing for the WNBA Los Angeles Sparks Troop Hip Hop Team and later went on to spend three seasons dancing for the Los Angeles Clippers…
