What do you consider your greatest achievement?

Overcoming anxiety.

What is your idea of perfect happiness?

Quiet. And eight to ten hours of sleep.

What is your current state of mind?

Eager for what’s to come. Love being 30. 

What is your favorite occupation?

Crying at the movies (by myself). 

What is your most treasured possession?

A birthday present from Abbas Kiarostami.

 
What or who is the greatest love of your life?

My dog Alpa Chino.

What is your favorite journey?

After rock bottom. 

What is your most marked characteristic?

Near flawless memory. 

When and where were you the happiest?

When something I was excited for met my ridiculously high expectations. 

What is it that you most dislike?

Being patronized. 

What is your greatest fear?

Regret. 

What is your greatest extravagance?

My closet. 

Which living person do you most despise?

The talker and loud crisp eater that’s always behind me in the movie theater.  

What is your greatest regret?

Having wasted my time. 

Which talent would you most like to have?

Skateboarding.

Where would you like to live?

Seoul. 

What do you regard as the lowest depth of misery?

Feeling unsafe. 

What is the quality you most like in others?

Great sense of humour, and goes to therapy. 

What is the trait you most deplore in yourself?

Impatience. 

What is the trait you most deplore in others?

Dishonesty. 

What do you most value in your friends?

Trust. 

Who is your favorite hero of fiction?

The Grinch. 

Who are your heroes in real life?

The women who paved the way. 

Which living person do you most admire?

David Attenborough.

What do you consider the most overrated virtue?

Popularity. 

On what occasions do you lie?

When it’s nobody’s business. 

Which words or phrases do you most overuse?

“One of my favourite movies of all time”. 

If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

I’d like to be an early bird. 

What are your favorite names?

I don’t think about it. 

How would you like to die?

Holding my love’s hand. 

If you were to die and come back as a person or thing, what do you think it would be?

An octopus. 

What is your motto?

Baby steps.