Song Hye Kyo - Korean Actress

DongA.com conducted an interview with the actress while on set for her new KBS drama The World They Live In (director Pyo Min-su, writer Noh Hee-kyung), co-starring Hyun Bin last October 26, 2008 which she talks about her love life, previous projects, and upcoming Hollywood film "Make Yourself at Home" debuted in Pusan International Film Festival.

D: It hasn't seemed that long, but it's actually been four years since you were in a drama.

Song Hye Kyo (SHK) : Maybe it's because the dramas are re-aired. In the summer it's always Full House, in the fall it's Autumn Fairy Tale, and All In in the winter. Cable television keeps airing them.

D: In this drama, your occupation is a drama PD.

Song Hye Kyo (SHK) : I've because I've seen this as keeping a promise with director Pyo Min-su, whom I worked with on Full House. Joining with him again was a clear choice, and I'd always wanted to do something that scriptwriter Noh Hee-kyung had written. I like her writing so much that it makes acting more difficult, and I'm more careful for fear I won't do well.

D: Through your work in the drama, you've seen the perspective as a PD. Have you wondered what it is that a PD desires of the actors?

Song Hye Kyo (SHK): Isn't it enough to act well? [Laughs.]

D: What kind of change will we see in twenty-eight-year-old Song Hye-gyo as an actor?

Song Hye Kyo (SHK): If I stay up all night even once, I'll have dark circles under my eyes. As an actor, I think my sense of responsibility has grown stronger. I've also come to want to achieve more in my acting."

D:You look like you've lost some weight and matured.

Song Hye Kyo (SHK): I think so too, say if I watch the drama Autumn Fairy Tale and compare myself with how I am now. Back then, it was like I was practically bursting. [Laughs.] In the end, constant exercise is the answer. I run, cycle, and do a lot of outdoor exercise.

D: Song Hye-gyo shines more in dramas than in movies.

Song Hye Kyo (SHK): Wait and see. I'll show you more in my film work.

D: When you finish this drama, you have John Woo's film 1949 awaiting you.

Song Hye Kyo (SHK): Starting in February, filming will begin and I'll be going back and forth to Taiwan and China to cities like Shanghai. I'll be swamped as I work on the drama and study Chinese at the same time. This drama will go on record as being the drama with the most amount of dialogue that I work on in my life. Or in other words, it's one hurdle after another.

D: Your Hollywood debut film Make Yourself at Home was invited to this year's Pusan International Film Festival.

Song Hye Kyo (SHK): It's an independent film. It's marketed as a Hollywood debut, which is a very big burden. I'd merely thought of it as a plot I liked, combined with my desire to try something in the English language.

D:What is the everyday Song Hye-gyo like?

Song Hye Kyo (SHK): When I'm not working, I travel, hang out with friends, and take the chance to learn things I'd been wanting to learn. I cook at home occasionally. I can do most Korean food pretty well - my mother says that my cooking is better.

D: On marriage?

Song Hye Kyo (SHK): With her thirties approaching (she's 28, Korean age), she mentioned that she'd likely be turning her thoughts seriously to marriage once she's in her thirties. She said up-front, "t would be nice to have a boyfriend. I think I'd like best someone I could connect with through conversation." Of course, she recognizes that as a top star, this is easier said than done, with one's every action under the strict scrutiny of others.

Source: Dramabeans.com