The hand that was washing the dishes was holding the script again.
Actor Choi Kang-hee is back.The face that suddenly disappeared one day is now smiling again on the radio and TV screens.However, it was difficult to say that the time that disappeared was just ‘resting’.He actually considered retirement and tried to quit acting.He did not enjoy standing in front of the camera, and even being loved felt burdensome.

“Should I stop now…?” He confided the voice from deep within his heart to Kim Sook.At that time, Kim Sook was firm.
“Don’t tell anyone you’re retiring.Keep it to yourself.”

● A word from a friend who protected Choi Kang-hee
Choi Kang-hee, who appeared on KBS2’s ‘Problem Child in the Rooftop Room’, confessed about that time.The time she couldn’t enjoy as an actress, the increasing burden, and eventually the thought of the word ‘retirement’.However, Kim Sook stopped his decision right away.She knew that the moment she said it, there was no turning back.

Those words protected Choi Kang-hee.The time to close her mouth and open her heart began.
Choi Kang-hee chose a life outside the entertainment industry after that.She washed dishes at a meat restaurant in Incheon and also worked as a housekeeper.It was a time to live as a nameless person, not a celebrity.In the midst of ordinary labor, she was learning something else.

● Wash your mind in front of the dishwashing tub
During her hiatus, Choi Kang-hee washed dishes at a meat restaurant in Incheon and also worked as a housekeeper.The life she chose after quitting acting was more ordinary and sincere than anyone else’s.Sociologist Richard Sennett said, “Working with your hands revives the senses of the mind.” This means that simple and repetitive physical labor actually has the power to refine and restore the mind.

For Choi Kang-hee, that time was never empty or meaningless.In the daily routine of washing dishes and cleaning the house, her heart may have calmed down and been filled again.It wasn’t a stage, but it was a true life lesson more than anything else.

Choi Kang-hee is back and standing before us.She is holding the mic as a DJ for CBS Music FM’s ‘Choi Kang-hee’s Movie Music ‘and has also started appearing on entertainment programs.She is still a familiar face, but somehow she has become stronger and brighter.

It wasn’ t that he stopped because he was resting.Rather, he became stronger in the gap.After the time he spent quietly cleaning himself, Choi Kang-hee returned with a clearer face than before.
Now it’s our turn to watch together the stage where that face will shine again.


Reporter Yang com -mo hmyang0307@donga

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