Sean Lee is not one to sit around and do nothing, waiting for something to happen.

The 28-year-old content creator, actor and host told StarLifestyle that for every opportunity he’s gotten so far, it was because he made a choice.

“It’s not by chance or whatever. I chose to be in this field. I chose to make videos. I chose to create content for my YouTube channel.

“(These decisions) led to an internship at a radio station and then later a meeting with a director who offered me an acting job in the mini web drama Road To Ramlee,” shared Lee, whose full name is Sean Lee Jia Ern.

“This was followed by a call from a producer for a local TV drama. My first drama was with TV3 (Keluarga Pontimau in 2015).”

Just when it seemed like Lee was well on his way realising his dream of becoming a professional actor, having had steady roles in a couple of Malay dramas and telemovies, the calls stopped coming.

“I was jobless,” he recalled.

“So, I decided to create more content (on social media) instead of waiting for potential offers.”

Using all the skills he learned from his Diploma in Performing Arts at Sunway College, Lee started putting out engaging content including travel logs resulting in him accumulating decent followings on social media and becoming an “influencer” of sorts at a time when there were only a handful in Malaysia.