The path that Kim Nam-gil has broadened..."There's nothing you can do by yourself".

[Anchor]
I think Kim Nam-gil, an actor who had the busiest schedule at the end of the year, from filming popular dramas to making films for young people preparing for self-reliance.

Reporter Song Jae-in met Kim Nam-gil, who has steadily expanded his path as an actor and NGO representative.

[Reporter]
Kim Nam-gil said that his second meeting with Kim Hae-il was also comfortable as if he were wearing his own clothes because of his cheerful and lively personality.

[Kim Nam-gil / Actor: Kim Nam-gil] He's a character who has a good chemistry with Kim Nam-gil. So he was a person who could act a little more comfortably.... I was happy to see you in Season 2 with a happier appearance.]

The acting life that has passed until I have the same comfort as now reaches 20 years.

After his rookie days as stage name "Lee Han," he instantly gained as [Queen Seondeok] as a "top star."

However, at that time, Kim Nam-gil's eyes in his 20s were on a downhill path under the shining glory.

[Kim Nam-gil / Actor: Actually, I've already prepared to come down well since then. If you think "I'm so happy" or "I've accomplished something," another ordeal will definitely come right away. If you like it less so that you don't want to be swayed by it too much, I thought, "Wouldn't it be okay?" When I was young....]

Thanks to the calmness I had built up early, I was able to enjoy the two acting awards I received in my 30s and 40s like a gift.

It was possible because the main character was not himself, but those who worked with him and loved him.

[Kim Nam-gil / Actor: This is like, "As expected, I was good at acting, yes, I got recognized." It might be confusing, but I'm not old enough to do that. Maybe it's because it's the result of the training that I've been thinking about since I was young.. Because I think I'm acting and being loved by now because there's a lot of people's equity....]

{There is nothing I can do alone' became Kim Nam-gil's acting belief.

[Kim Nam-gil / Actor: I've been thinking a lot about it, but when the other actor utters a line, I often feel that 'Oh, what I've been thinking about is useless.'] When you breathe together, you can think of the answers.]

That broadened perspective turned to society.

He has been serving as the CEO of the NGO 'Gilstory' for 12 years to fulfill the minimum responsibility for the love he received.

[Kim Nam-gil / Actor: I think I should use my influence well rather than being good. "If I start making enough money to meet other people and buy them a meal, let's take a look around." It's good to live well together..]

Starting out to tell the stories of people they met on the road, the NGO Road Story has become a guide for guiding people from the old roads with a long history to the elderly in medically vulnerable areas and how to be with unprotected animals.

Recently, he produced a movie about a young man preparing for self-reliance and gave light support to the people concerned.

[Kim Nam-gil / Actor: The world is not that easy. It's not about the world you think it's not like that, it's just "I want you to go with me so that you don't feel lonely." We're going to be together, just like we're going to hold your hands together'....]

Kim Nam-gil, who often mentioned the word "together" while explaining his actor's life and contribution activities, was no different from the way he wanted to look back at the last minute of his life.

[Kim Nam-gil / Actor: I hope it's a path where a lot of people walk. I hope you can see the road where there is a desert in the U.S. like Nevada. The road is small, but many people walk to the horizon.]

I'm Song Jaein of YTN.

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; Lee Hyun-oh

screen provided; Gilstory and Gilstory E&T YouTube, Kim Nam-gil SNS, MBC