What are you most proud of?

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Vogue's 73 Questions repeatedly asks respondents to select the work, relationship, or achievement that makes them proudest.

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Recorded Bong Joon-ho said elsewhere, not written here
I wanted to create a very delicate and detailed film where you would feel like you could even smell every single character.

The Talks interview, 12 February 2020 source ↗

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Brendan Rodgers Northern Irish football manager; former manager of Liverpool, Leicester City and Celtic
I think becoming a manager in the first place because my journey was different - the path to becoming a manager. That is the biggest achievement for me.
Recorded Kelly Somers, BBC Sport's The Football Interview, 18 October 2025 source ↗
Yogi Berra Baseball catcher and manager; ten-time World Series winner with the New York Yankees
I’m very happy about it. You know, a kid from the Hill being elected to the Hall of Fame. Proud of it.
Recorded Academy of Achievement interview, New York City, 1 June 2005 source ↗
László Krasznahorkai Novelist; Nobel laureate in literature
I’m very happy and I’m very proud, because to be in the line which contains so many really great writers and poets gives me power to use my original language, the Hungarian language. I am really very proud and very happy to use this little language.
Recorded Jenny Rydén, Telephone interview following the announcement of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature, The Nobel Prize, October 2025 source ↗
Wanjira Mathai Kenyan environmental leader; chair of the Wangari Maathai Foundation
I would like to believe that I have played a role in highlighting the crucial role that youth can play in the transformation of Africa. I would also like to believe that I have played a role in highlighting the central importance of landscape restoration in the continent’s transformation and how we address the climate crisis. I have continued to be a climate action champion, especially climate adaptation.
Recorded Raphael Obonyo, Interview for Africa Renewal, Africa Renewal (United Nations), March 2021 source ↗

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Question What is the part of your job that people would be surprised is most of your job? Craft & work
I’m a rather slow writer and I have to go to a coffee shop. I turn my back to the crowd in the cafe, so that everyone’s chatting and the noise of the place rises behind me, and then I just keep my head down and churn out my screenplay. I can’t write at home, because I get too lazy. I’ll just want to watch TV or fall asleep. But I’m not allowed to lie down and fall asleep in the cafe, right? So it kind of forces me to work.
Recorded The Hollywood Reporter, The Hollywood Reporter interview, 1 January 2019 source ↗
Question What are you unwilling to optimise? Values & belief
There were times when I thought I wanted to be a cartoonist. If I weren’t a film director, I think cartoons would have been a good alternative. But I never properly studied drawing, so my drawings are strange. But when I’m prepping films, it’s good preparation — and comforting to me — to do the storyboards. It’s fun, too, like drawing a whole comic.
Recorded Polygon, Polygon interview, October 2019, 14 October 2019 source ↗
Question What is an unusual habit or an absurd thing that you love? Daily life
They’re very quiet coffee shops, and there are some positions in which it’s easier to write. Somewhere there’s an outlet, and you can keep your back to people. I’ll write for about two hours and then get up and walk with my iPad to the next coffee shop, about 10 minutes away. When you walk, you get a little fresh air, and I’ve heard moving around is good for you while writing. When you write in an office or at home, you end up sleeping. You can’t sleep at a cafe since you can’t lie down. I think that’s good, and it’s become a habit. I wrote Parasite half in Seoul and half in Vancouver.
Recorded Polygon, Polygon interview, October 2019, 14 October 2019 source ↗

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