Actor Woo Do Hwan opened up about his childhood, his emotions towards performing, and more in a recent interview with GQ!
When asked what kind of youngster he was, he said he was a child that had a lot of questions. "I was quite stubborn," he admitted. I had no choice but to do what I wanted, and I was really curious about a variety of topics. I used to spend my free time in the park debating what life was all about, and I became obsessed with the question of why we are here on Earth. I had a lot of free time at the moment. My dream was hazy, but I desired a secure existence."
Woo Do Hwan's views on stability shifted after he returned from the military. "I had this concern that I'd have to take a break and let go of what I'm holding someday, and I'd have to settle down before that," he added. That, I believe, was the military. After completing my military service, I feel compelled to continually challenge myself. I became interested in seeing how far I could go."
He also acknowledged to writing in a diary every day during his military duty, which he continues to do today. "It used to be [something that brought tiny adjustments]," he explained. But now it's more of a habit than something that has an impact. I jot down things I'm embarrassed to say to someone, regrets about my own folly, it's full of my regrets. You'll have selfish times when you're tired and exhausted and only think about yourself. Every time this happens, it's time to make the decision to pay greater attention to the people around you."
Woo Do Hwan aspires to be a person who embodies ideal attributes. "[I want to live as] someone who always makes the decision to think properly," he stated. Should I say someone with a calm demeanor? If you want to have a calm mind, you must broaden your horizons, and in order to do so, you must work more and be more confident. There's a lot to keep track of."
When asked what type of confidence he required to begin acting, he responded that he required courage. "Before then, I was terrified of the reactions from people around me when I declared 'I'm going to be an actor.' No matter what people said, I needed the fortitude to not be wounded," he continued. That was the amount of energy I sorely needed. This is a sensation that is close to love. Love is its own universe, and if two people are deeply in love, it doesn't matter what the rest of the world thinks. It took a long time for me to be able to love acting as much as I do now. Of course there are times where this job is hard, there are times when I hate it, but ultimately I’m a person that can’t live without this job. I parted from it for a year and a half and as expected I couldn’t stay away.”
Despite his love-hate relationship with performing, Woo Do Hwan claimed that he enjoys the spontaneous spontaneity of acting. "[The most electrifying moment in acting] comes from spontaneity on set," he remarked. When I speak with the personnel and discover something better, I am ecstatic when they accept it right away. The staff is the first person in the audience. It's not something that happens every day. My attitude toward going to set has shifted as well. I used to plan everything, including my movements and the expression in my eyes, and then go to set, but now I only plot a large framework. Each director has his or her own point of view, and on set, everything is always changing. The moment I think I should do something, I put a lot of energy into it.”
He continued, "The director ordered me to utter an additional line on set when I was filming the show "Save Me," and he remarked, "This change originated from when I was filming the show "Save Me." 'It's my obligation to put out the trash,' the statement went. What are you doing if you're not going to show up? 'However, the director claimed that line to be the greatest.' I believed it was necessary to speak it as if it were the first time I was saying it here, as if I were spitting the phrase out for the first time on set."
