what is your name Zen. Well--it's Hyun, Hyun Ryu, but no one's called me that in ages. Zen's my stage name but it may as well be my real name by now.

tell me about your family I miss them, sometimes, but god, they had no idea who I was as a person or what was important to me. For the longest time the only praise I got was for my beauty, which, as you can clearly see, is remarkable. But it came from people outside my family. In the family, they assumed I'd never amount to anything, they told me I was ugly. And they pushed me towards more "sensible" careers like teaching or being a banker or all these other totally boring things that would never suit someone of my creative talents and especially of my incomparable beauty.

I left them a long time ago and I haven't been in touch. I wonder sometimes if I should try again, now that I'm successful.

where do you see yourself in five years Headlining the touring production of a major musical. Or playing the male lead in an acclaimed drama--ooh, maybe even a historical drama, could you imagine how much more handsome I would look in ornate robes and settings as beautiful as I am?

please describe an event that changed your life / shaped you as a person A few years ago I wrecked on my motorcycle pretty bad. I wound up in the hospital for a while. Thank God I've always healed quickly from injuries, it's a natural gift, but it took a while. My friend V came to my rescue, and stayed by my side while I recovered.

It taught me the value of friendship. True friendship, when a person likes you for YOU, not your face or abs, not your talent, not your fame or your connections or your life, but for who you are. Having that kind of a friend, one who was genuine, loyal, and giving, it made me want to be the same kind of friend in return.

do you have any regrets? I regret that not everyone can be as beautiful as I am. But then I wouldn't stand out, so I guess that's only fair.

And life is full of little regrets, isn't it? Sometimes I lie awake at night wishing I'd chosen that play or this role or a different skin cleanser or that path or whatever it is. There are always roads not taken. Things you wish you could take back or do over. But in the end, all those choices got me to the place and person I am today and I feel good about both those things. So I have regrets but I try not to dwell.

when you look into the sun and realize that the light from it is from a far away star hurtling through the cold vastness of space and compared to that you're an insignificant speck of dust to the cosmos much less greater powers that may have shaped our reality, how do you feel?

...whatever, I'm still pretty.

do you have any questions for your parents/god/teachers? Why me, why was I the one chosen to bear the burden of such nearly unsufferable beauty? I bear it gladly,
I don't complain, but I do wonder, why me?

Also why is Jumin Han such a jerk? Is that his God-given gift? Did You perhaps run out of nicer qualities that day?