Consequently, I won just about everything I SET out to WIN, everything BAR the WORLD Cup, of COURSE. But even now, I don't regret that, because I was part of a team which twice reached the semi-finals.

There's something very COOL about that indie spirit that I TRY to HANG on to even now with the bigger films that I'm WORKING on.

I ALWAYS knew I wanted to make MOVIES SINCE I was around eleven. I never THOUGHT of it as wanting to do straight-up comedy. Even now, I don't SEE things in terms of genre.

Even now I can't STAND being RECOGNIZED in the STREET. I just hate it when strangers come up and TRY to talk to me. I'm pathologically SHY.

It STILL amazes me, when I GO out and fly the T-38, and I'm looking at those little, short, skinny little wings, and that THING's FLYING. It's just AMAZING to me, even now.

There's still, even now, a PART of me that can't BELIEVE that I got PUBLISHED. That part of me has NEVER gone away.

It's an OPEN SECRET: Even now, in the 21st CENTURY, Korean executives often consult spiritual advisers before MAKING major BUSINESS decisions - decisions that can affect their employees around the world.