Quotes from HoYeon Jung

The world doesn't revolve around English.

During Fashion Week, my skin becomes sensitive, so I always put on a sheet mask before I go to bed.

If I happily smile and play around and laugh 'ha-ha, hoo-hoo, yay,' laughing like that, I think the photo looks cooler. If I just stand there like this, like 'Oh, I'm a model,' well, I don't think that's what it means to be a model at all.

I've done photo shoots for fashion brand catalogues and participated in graduation shows for fashion colleges.

Drinking two liters of water a day, washing your face only with water when it's morning, don't touch your face often with your hands, and make sure to wear sunscreen!

I am cautious about becoming lazy.

I may waver a lot, but I'll work really hard and keep going.

Being surrounded by people who truly love and believe in me, that's happiness.

As time went on, I felt that Sae-Byeok and I were becoming closer. I found joy in our synergy. The time I spent playing her was worth every second.

Had I been a contestant in 'Squid Game,' I would have died doing the dalgona.

My life so far tells me the best way to prepare for the future is prioritizing my current work. If I work hard to complete the current work, it paves the way for my next job.

In my modeling days, I never faced situations where I had to really think about others, or my family and friends. I didn't have a sense of responsibility; it was more about my well-being and goals.

I watched a lot of documentaries about North Korean defectors. I also practiced speaking in a North Korean accent with a teacher, and studied a lot.

Of course, I always hoped Squid Game would do well. But no one could have predicted it would be this big. In just one month, everything changed.

I'm very open to being defined.

With time, I believe, a day would come when people have their own definitions of Jung Ho-yeon as an actor.

In a way, I think Sae-byeok lived her life to the fullest, so her desperate need to win was different from the others, and she didn't necessarily have to earn the cash prize.

Even though I was based in New York, I would travel all over the world, meeting so many different types of people, and that's really when my understanding of diversity deepened.

I couldn't follow the speed of the growth of the 'Squid Game' success because since COVID, I think everything is faster and even online, it happens just so quick. It was hard to follow.

Squid Game' came at a moment where I was really thinking seriously about my acting career, so I wanted to put this into action finally.

I thought to myself, What should I do for a living so that I can keep feeding myself? And I thought, Oh, I'm tall, so why not give modeling a try?

I love wide and long pieces, but my agency hates it when I wear wide pants because they drown me.

Some say a model's tenure is relatively short compared with other careers. But I disagree. Models of all age groups are needed, so I think modeling can be a lifelong career.

I used to hear people say that models have very short careers, which I don't really agree with... I think that even when you grow old, you can still continue modeling if you have that willingness.