Explore popular quotes and sayings by a South Korean actress Son Ye-jin.
Last updated on December 18, 2024.
Son Ye-jin is a South Korean actress. She rose to fame in 2003 for The Classic and Summer Scent, which followed with the commercially successful A Moment to Remember (2004), and April Snow (2005). Her early roles in films garnered her the title, "Nation's First Love" in Korea. She since has won various acting recognitions and acted in high-profile films including My Wife Got Married (2008), The Pirates (2014), the 2016 films The Truth Beneath and The Last Princess, and The Negotiation (2018). She has also acted in the successful television dramas Alone in Love (2006), Personal Taste (2010), Something in the Rain (2018), Crash Landing on You (2019–2020), and Thirty-Nine (2022).
I like someone that I can actually talk to. I used to like quiet guys, but now, I like gentle and well-caring guys.
When I got the script for 'The Art of Seduction,' I realised I'd never been in a comedy, so I decided to experiment. What the character went through could never happen in my own life.
I've starred in many melodramas, but the reason 'Something in the Rain' is so special to me is that I feel like I'm living in reality.
I didn't understand at first why I couldn't meet a guy for so long. But as time goes by, I understood why actresses usually get married late. I think their hearts for work become bigger and happiness from the work takes the most space in their hearts.
I hope I don't get too old before I can get married.
In order to date, you need to make up your mind to date, meet many people, and have blind dates offered to you, but that's not easy. It's more difficult as you get older. I don't think it's possible to do something by force, either.
I think my eyes are pretty, but I'm not sure with other parts.
I exercise, and eat good foods. I also take care of my skin.
When I first started out, all I thought about was my own acting.
I usually get out of my roles easily when dramas end.
I'm able to look the person acting across from me and respond to that. There are times when it becomes so lonely and painful, but I think I'm able to overcome them because I realize that the more fiercely you prepare for a role, the more the audience can feel it.
I think part of maturity as an actress comes from their experience in getting married and having children.
I think it's important to widen my artistic repertoire.
I'd like the audience to see different sides of me.
I used to be very shy. I hated going to a new classroom and having to make new friends, meet new teachers, and adjust to a new environment.
The box office isn't something I consider. If I do, I can't really work.
Being a mother and wife are big roles.
It's always agonising to separate my life as an actress and personal life. Just because I'm happy with my acting life doesn't mean I'm happy with my personal life. I'm always making an effort to balance between the two.
I was never a good student. But I wrote acting notes every day and prepared for my next shoots diligently.
Why is it so difficult to have films seeing the world from women's perspective like 'Thelma and Louise?'