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Interview with the famous Korean movie star
Ahn Sung-ki
Talent is hidden in your potential
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Ahn Sung-ki is famous as
a screen actor. He is also the fore runner of Korea in
the community of motion picture actors-actress. HUFS graduated
with a degree in Vietnamese language, he performed a variety
of extra curricular activities including drama. The Argus
reporter asked him to talk about his past experience.
He decided to enter HUFS because he liked its ambience
which his cousin encouraged him to experience. He also
liked the idea of not having to take any math examinations
since he was very poor at numbers. The first round of
entrance tests was a failure but his second attempt paid
off.
As a freshman, he was concerned about Vietnam and so decide
to major in Vietnamese he even tried ROTC because he wanted
to participate in the war as an officer wish could not
fulfilled because when he signed up to go there, the war
had ended. As a result, he and his friends majoring Vietnamese
lost interest in their major study.
Even so, he greatly enjoyed his activities at HUFS. He
participated in the HUFS theatrical club and performed
in many plays. He liked the club so much that once he
spent his tuition money for his club activities and he
used the prizes that he received to finances education.
Looking back it was a reckless investment he said. But
he said that the club activities eventually lead to his
acting career.
What he found especially enjoyable was the international
atmosphere that HUFS offered The campus was small but
because it was small students interacted with one another
frequently and closely. He smiled adding that he could
meet all his friends just by hanging around the toilets.
He started cinema acting when he was five years old. Although
later on he had to stopped it because of his study. He
then became just a regular high school student. His academic
performance went downhill. And he agonized over what to
persue-college work or acting.
But he could not contain his passion for acting. He knew
that he wanted to develope something enjoyable even if
it meant a lot of works. At one point, he took tests to
become an employee for a large corporation but he failed.
The companies he tried to get into a student who majored
in Vietnamese language because south Vietnam was defeated
in the war.
After a great deal of thinking, he restarted acting by
using his theatrical experience as a momentum. His acting
began at the lowest point playing roles as a busboy in
a Chinese restaurant while working on several scenarios.
He worked very hard to cultivate his talent so that he
could act in many different fields of acting. His tireless
effort paid off, as he began to recognize by people around
him.
He played various part in many different and enjoyed immensely.
He thought too that accomplish his role in each movie
was very important. He was glad that his action made his
audience sometimes happy, sometimes sad and impressed
at times. He said, " I always feel that I and audience
sharing sentiments of the same age."
We seem to react and respond to comtemporary events the
same way. During the military years, everything in the
movie industry was censored. People movies refrained from
making critical social comments, but he wanted to enlighten
audiences by telling then that censorship was wrong and
that it was also wrong distort contents of cinemas.
In the movies he performed such as <White War>,
<Military of Southern troop>, he tried to express
his convictions about realistic problems. His efforts
were recognized by the public and he was awarded many
prizes related to films reflecting social issues. He said
that actors should have an interest in real life problem
and play by being mindful of the integrity of Korean movies.
He is now pleased that the market share Korean movies
is gaining popularity approaching that of Hollywood films.
His only disappointment is that movies expressing the
matters true belief are being ignored unfavorable commercial
productions. And he agreed Mun sung-kun, Korean actor's
saying that wise audiences make good movies.
When he was asked what his opinion about success, he replied
that standards of success should be changed by college
when they grow older. "Nowadays", he said, "people
are apt to consider real success as a worldly desire.
But I think true success rise in one's sense of satisfaction
regarding one's own work. If we perform with faith in
our assigned works, we will get recognition and financial
reward at the same time.
He advised HUFSans to cultivate their hidden talents and
careers, adding that the foundation of success in the
life of young person depends on his/her awareness of his/her
own true interest and aptitude. He also said that successful
performance in one task will lead to success in the subsequent
tasks.
The importance of believing in one's own potentials and
feeling happy about developing them can not be overemphasized,
he said.
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By Lee So-jeong
Associate Editor of News Section
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