10: What do you think you were like before you started acting? About ten years ago?
Yoo: I think I was similar to who I am now. I was the ordinary loser who blended in well amongst the other 40 to 50 students in my class but when I delve into more detailed memories and proofs of who I was in my past, it makes me think that people's nature does not change easily. (laugh) I once came across something I wrote for evaluation during ethics class when I was around 14.
I had written about how I would achieve my dream but it wasn't about 'what' I would become. "I think it is people's job to find true happiness," is what I wrote. I think it was because that's all I needed to think about back then. And school was a much smaller and stable form of society than society actually is. Not that I liked school that much either. (laugh)
10: In SKKS, all four of you were of similar ages. How was that?
Yoo: I was prejudiced against them. I wasn't able to get close to them in the beginning because of the thought that celebrities will be like this and that and that's why I usually don't become friends with them. (Laugh) I understand that they can't help being self-centered, that what they feel is important, and they need to receive more attention.
But I got rid of the bias- through Yoo-chun, my prejudice of idols and Hallyu stars, through Min-young my prejudice of fellow actresses, and through Song Joong-ki my prejudice of actors. So in the way that Jae-shin came out of his shell and came to accept Yoon-hee, Seon-joon and Yong-ha, I myself came to see these people in real life in a good way which means I myself matured as well.
I had fun shooting the drama. I just wish we had more honest conversations about acting. But what I thank Joong-ki for is that he gave me a lot of advice comfortably. I came to realize that he's not just plain sly, he's sly in the sense that he wants what's best for everyone.
The heavens must be answering my prayers! Or more like the World Wide Web. It seems to know that I'm suffering from SKKS withdrawal and needed my fix of Yoo Ah In. Yup, it's pretty obvious who's my fav among the quartet, you can have the rest of the trio I don't care, but that boy is MINE!
Below is the translated interview with 10Asia and consists of 3 parts. Enjoy!
