Interview translated by Janice & ylin at EverythingLBH, soompi.com from article at mydaily.kr via sina.com & media.daum.net. Plus additional gist from star.ent.mop.com & Edaily.SPN/Baidu

Behaving like an Octopus
LBH symbolized his desire to learn in the new environment as to an octopus, grabbing every opportunity he could in order to adapt and to learn.

Prague vs Poor Lee
Prague is a beautiful country with medieval setting but it is far removed from modern civilization due to its history of pain and war torn zone. Being an actor or public figure, LBH compared his bleeding heart as to Prague, full of inner hurt and scar, for his case it’s the constant misreporting or misunderstanding by certain media.

Musculine Exposure
With the 3 movies he did, he really wish that GBW would truly shine for the sake of his country. He shyly jokes that audeience will have the chance to see him exposed naked from the top in all the 3 movies.

Gifted in Linguistic
Lee highly-hinted that during his recent interview with the media from UK and other English speaking reporters, he used 100% English to converse with them and the media was in awe at his English proficiency. He gave credits to his Hollywood colleague, whom he has now build deep relationship with, for constantly helping and encouraging him with the language. He said they are “kind” and “very funny”. He said in fact he had study some English during high school; His mom had enrolled him for two years English class.

He said he seems to have linguistic talent. When he entered Hollywood, he did not go for English study skill. When doing a drama on White Nights 3.98 (1998), he learned to speak Russia and the teacher praised him for his perfect articulation. The instructor commented that if he were to learn English, his English will be outstanding. He also learned Japanese for a month.

Preserving Innocent Eyes
He said being an actor, he truly wanted to preserve a young and innocent eyes and de does not like people who tend to show off. He said being an actor, one needs to be genuine in life as well.

Hollywood verses Korean filming
He gave an example of the shooting schedule of the day… In Korea, they work from 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. and he was so accustomed to the go to bed late and get up late routine whereas in Hollwood, he has to get up extremely early to start the day and now he is an early bird.

He does care about what others think of his Hollywood venture but for now he truly wishes for all the success on GBW to revitalize Korean movie industry.

Soulmate or ideal woman
Most importantly the person must be able to communicate efficiently, and while blue-eyed western ladies are beautiful, to him there is not much charm. As for appearance, compared to sexy, “I like lovely woman with natural beauty and a pretty backside.”

Inspiration gathering?
Finally he mentioned that he is impressed with his supervisor, Oliver Stone, who invited them for a samll party and watching a very touching old movie (US Academy Awards) and the group had a great discussion of the movie.

Surprise; surprise!

When asked about what he most like to do when he goes back to Korea. Journalists thought he would said hanging out with old buddies or feasting Korean Cuisine; but to their surprise he mentioned he likes to go & watch movies… to catch up with all the great movies that he has missed out. He said while filming, he was busy & only had time to watch a couple of dvd here & there.

What’s in a name?

As most have noticed that megastar LBH does not have the so call “English” name except the Korean “Pin-Yin”. At first his Hollywood colleagues found his name hard to pronounce so just greeted him as “Byung” but as they get more acquainted, they address him as “Byung Hun”. BH said the reason he chose not to have an “English” name is because he loves to hear Caucasians called his “Korean” name as it is very heart-warming!

Media predicts that in due time the name “Lee Byung Hun” will be another household name in the showbiz world.