Park Shin-yang, an actor and painter, is open about the challenges of fame and the fallout from one of his hit dramas. Park, who is now 57, recently appeared on a popular YouTube show where he talked about how people have always thought about his attitude when he was at the height of his fame and how that time shaped him.

Pishik University's YouTube channel posted a video with Park in it on the afternoon of February 8. During the episode, someone asked him if he ever really liked being famous after his big break. Before giving a direct answer, Park thought about how he felt about fame at the time. StarNews reports that he responded, "I don't know to what extent,"

The talk quickly turned to "Lovers in Paris," the 2004 movie that made him a top actor. Park said that the series put him in the spotlight when he started talking about the subject.

"I was at the center of it. 'Let's go, baby,'" he said, referencing the drama's iconic line. He continued, "Yes, I did. But I never dreamed of popularity or fame. I just did what I had to do."

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Then, Park was asked directly about the long-rumored problem of "actor's disease," which is a term often used in Korea to describe celebrities who are thought to be arrogant or out of touch. The host set up the question by saying that the public didn't understand it. According to Naver, Park was honest and said, " I had a bit of a difficult time,"

Building on that experience, Park talked about how sudden fame changed how people interacted with him. He talked about how people put his screen persona into real life to set the scene.

He said,"Many people recognized me, and they treated me like the main character of Lovers in Paris," he said. "They asked why I didn't wear a suit and instead wore such casual clothes," he added, as cited by Naver.

His remarks suggested that the criticism of his image was more about how different his private self was from what people expected than how he acted on purpose. People who follow the industry have often said that time was a turning point in Park's career, when more people were watching and roles became more selective.

Park has kept a lower public profile recently, but he has still been doing artistic work besides acting. He has also directly responded to rumors about what will happen to him in the future. According to StarNews, Park recently denied rumors that he was leaving show business, saying that he is still active in his own way.

Park gave a rare, measured look at the long-term effects of fame by talking about the success of "Lovers in Paris" and the problems that came after it.

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