David Chiu

At the beginning of last year I shaved my head. I initially wanted to go for the “shaolin monk” look but chickened out and went for the “military” look. This was a big deal. I had spent 3 years growing my hair long and getting it cut twice a month at Jose Eber - a very expensive salon on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills (this was during the dot-com days when we all had money).

When people asked why I shaved my head, I would answer “this is the deconstruction of self image to find myself as an artist”. (Actually I only said that to my wife and a couple friends - all who know that I’m a little strange.)

Now it’s a new year and I got a haircut today. I wanted to once again change my hairstyle and try something different. Nothing drastic like last year, just something different. So I surrendered myself to my stylist’s hands. He ended up cutting my hair shorter, but not too short. It looks good. My manager (aka. my wife) also approves.

(I just tried taking a photo to post here, but I look horrible so I’ll have to post one later…)

Tomorrow I go to get my eyebrows done. Hollywood is about image and as an actor you are promoting yourself as a product so you need to look your best. It’s just part of the game.

It’s interesting how much I’ve changed throughout the years. In the next couple of days I’m hoping to get all my old headshots online to give people a good laugh. Especially my “modeling” photos.