He had much interest in acting and directing when he was a youth, and when he took the national university entrance exam after high school, he chose to enter a film and drama department.
在他當時幼小的心靈中，世上沒有比電影更偉大、更有趣的行業，於是他便立志要從事影劇工作。矢志學戲劇，從事過各種戲劇工作剛開始洪理夫並不瞭解影劇是什麼，只是有個模糊的意念，覺得自己很喜歡，所以後來就去投考藝專影劇科。