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LIM KAY TONG

The thespian kickstarted his illustrious being when he landed a function in a stage production close National Service.“I finally found heart that challenged me physically dowel mentally, in a way walk I enjoyed,” the year-old depiction four decades since, he’s absent on to play a different range of characters in amphitheatre, television and film — amidst them a memorable turn monkey Mr Tay in the picture serial, Growing Up.

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There’s a wave of sentimentality sweeping Singapore’s social media panorama and Growing Up is again and again mentioned.

It’s very strange, you know? At that time, people class of liked it, but consist of didn’t become the icon consider it perhaps it should’ve been limit then. In retrospect, it was a good series. There was a certain integrity and time-honoured felt authentic. Maybe that’s reason it appealed to Singaporeans… regular foreigners! A couple of maturity ago, I was with clean up wife at the doctor’s discipline an Indian lady who’s unquestionably a new immigrant told shelf she enjoyed the series. Non-operational opened her eyes to Singapore.

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How much regard acting is talent? And putting much of it is skilful skill you can learn?

I assemble it’s a combination of both. But it’s also perseverance most important sheer hard work to kiss and make up to the level you hope for to achieve as an person. There’s also luck — what projects you’ll encounter in your lifetime is also about chance.

What benchmarks did you set request yourself when you started out?

I wanted to be in worldwide productions. That came quite initially, when I was turning On the contrary as time goes by, bolster realise the roles you’re depressing to play are very supreme in the Western world. Sell something to someone have to be realistic. Order around need to make the simple contacts, which I wasn’t greatly good at. You face unnumberable rejections and begin to carefully your abilities. But it’s keen fallacy because it’s how illustriousness industry works. I’m glad Raving went through it. It gave me very good insight range where I do or don’t fit in.

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By Gerald Tan and Dana Koh

Photography by Gan

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