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Well, first we got the title from the song ng Cup of Joe.
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Which is really doing well.
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And since it's about music also, I play a role of a conductor.
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And I was assigned doon sa music na yan, sa that school.
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And si Julia is my student.
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And it starts there.
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🎵 Ang muli pang mag-isa 🎵
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Sintonado ba ako?
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Next time, kahit broken-hearted ako, sisiguraduhin ko okay na nasa tono ako.
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Pero hindi naman nakakaya sa'yo.
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When it was offered sa akin, parang, really?
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And so meron akong, okay.
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But then, you know, let's see the story.
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And baka pwede naman mag-work yan.
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And in all honesty,
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may hirap siyang gawin.
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Nahihirapan ako siya.
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Simple yung pelikula.
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Pero nahihirapan ako.
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Because, first, I'm very, very honest.
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This is coming from the heart, really.
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Parang, I really don't know my audience now.
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Parang hindi ko alam. Parang, what do they want?
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So meron akong gano'n. May agam-agam talaga ako.
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Kaya nga after Miracle in Cell No. 7, pandemic, hindi mo na ako gumagawa talaga.
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Hindi ako gumawa, hindi ako gumawa.
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Until this came along and I said,
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It might work. It's just that.
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So, how can we make this work?
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And then also, the chance to work with Julia.
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As an actor kasi, parang meron kang feeling na
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at this point in time in my life, in my career,
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I still get the chance to work with her generation.
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So sa akin, parang, I will grab that opportunity.
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Parang may gano'n ako.
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Pero may agam-agam ka. Medyo nag-aalang nga ka.
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Pero, I wanna work with her.
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Ang ganda ng kwento ng batang yan.
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The struggles she went through in her career.
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You know, all the doubts and all the question marks in her life.
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Will I make it? Will I break into it?
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You know, the expectations.
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I somehow witnessed that journey.
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Kaya hindi man kasing tagal ng pinagdaanan nating lahat.
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Pero yung batang yan, didn't do it easy.
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It didn't come easy for her.
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When we started filming, ito ang nangyayari nga eh.
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So this is another edit in the film.
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Because with my experience, ito yung story ah.
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Ito yung flow. Ito yung iniisip ko mangyayari.
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And then you act together.
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And she brings you to this, her interpretation.
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Yung interpretation niya.
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And you just follow that.
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And then I started following her.
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Parang hindi niya alam.
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But at some point, sinabi ko na rin sa kanya,
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I was just following your lead.
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That's a blessing para sa akin to have experienced her work.
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And bilang artista, kasi pag gumagawa ka ng pelikula,
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andun yung saya eh.
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Andun ang saya ba na parang iniisip mo,
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ah, pag nakita nila itong excellent, tumututuwa sila.
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Magugusto nila ito. Parang gano'n.
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So may ganun ka excitement.
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I wanted to go into how that love story evolved.
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Dahil sa tunay na buhay, every time there is a discussion about
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short engagement, long engagement, getting to know each other,
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how many years you should spend together before you get married,
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I always go to your story and Charlene's.
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Yun ang pinupuntahan ko na walang formula ang buhay na ito.
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Wala namang talaga kayong ligawan eh.
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Hindi, tsaka lahat naman tayo kanya-kanya ang story.
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Kanya-kanya ang story eh.
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Wala namang tama yung sa akin, tama yung sa amin.
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Tama yung, oh okay.
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If it works for you, then it works for you.
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To clear this out, tama ba?
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Kasi madalas ko pag-usapan yun.
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Nagkaligawan ba kayo ni siya?
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It took us like three hours of just talking.
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Nag-uusap kami eh.
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Nagkikontrol kami.
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We were given that opportunity, that one day that we were just making kwento-kwento-kwento-kwento.
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And then, dumating lang siya parang,
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eto yung asawa mo.
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Tapos pag-uwi ko, di na ako mag-uusapan.
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Tapos magpapakalinan.
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And then, marami pa nangyari.
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And the rest is history.
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Tapos my birthday ended.
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My thinking was, I would propose.
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And if she says no, edi niligaw ko siya.
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But, kailangan ikaw ang asawa ko.
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You've worked with the masters.
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With the best masters.
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With the best directors.
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Miguelito, you were directed by?
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National artist, Lino Broca.
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At marami pang iba.
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Lahat, lahat sila.
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Bahagi ba ng yaman mo bilang aktor ay yung blessing na ang dami mong mahuhusay na direktor na nakatrabaho?
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Well, of course, that's one.
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Madami kasing, marami silang nasabi sa akin na mga maliitang, mga simpleng bagay na malaki.
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Pero, I think the best is my experience sa buhay.
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Lahat ng dinaanan ko.
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At lahat ng dinadaanan ko pa rin.
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I'm really observant.
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Matingin ako sa tao.
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Ang isang malaking naturo sa akin at nasabi sa akin is, you let your audience cry or react for you.
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She read somewhere that, you know, you let your audience react for you.
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You let your audience cry for you.
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And muna nun, hindi ko maintindihan pa yun.
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And then you realize, pag nanonood ka, bakit minsan nakakaiyak hindi ko na iiyak?
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Kasi iiyak na iiyak yung artista.
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Inunahan ka na sa reaction.
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So, when you hold it, you hold it, you hold it.
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It's not your performance.
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It's always the scene.
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The scene leading to that, that makes your audience cry.
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It's not the scene itself.
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The scene that leads to that scene.
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Kunyari, namatay, you know?
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Bago namatay yung character na yun, mahal ba siya ng tao?
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Kasi kung mahal na mahal siya ng tao, very endearing siya sa past.
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Ano niya, yung story tumatakbo, endearing siya.
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Tapos pinatay mo siya, masakit yun.
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So, yung kapwa artista niya, kunyari lover niya or kapatid niya, you don't have to cry anymore.
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Iiyak na yung audience mo.
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You talk about life experiences.
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Pag sinasabi, Aga, halimbawa lamang,
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what was the most difficult point in your life as an actor, as a person, na pinagdaanan mo?
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I think people forgot about it already.
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Akala nila after Baguette's in 1984, when Baguette's happened.
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So, it became the biggest hit.
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And ganyan, ganyan.
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And Aga was born in that film.
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And it was all shtuy tuloy.
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After Baguette's, hot shots.
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Bigelito, it was down.
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Financially, walang pumapansin sa akin, walang gumagawin yan.
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But it's just that name that lingers there.
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That Aga, and Baguette's, and Bigelito.
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But aside from that, there's no career.
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Ang damulak, brand.
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Yeah, yun lang. Parang ganoon lang.
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But none until in 1990, 1991.
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I met God and then it all started there.
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And the rest is history.
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Aga, was there a time na nadala ka rin ng fame?
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Was there a time?
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Meron din, I'm sure.
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Because sometimes we're not even aware of that, no?
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If you look back now, sa mga ibang interviews ko, parang,
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saka, umpres ko ko naman magsalita.
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May ganun kang reaksyon.
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May ganun. Pero, you know, at that time, I was very careful.
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The whole time, the whole 90s and ano, I've always been very, very careful.
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I've always remained humble because nung nasaktan ako sa buhay,
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sinabi ko sa sarili ko at tanga ko ko na hindi ko gagawin sa tao yun.
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Hindi ko gagawin sa kapwa-artista ko.
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Kaya wala akong naging, wala akong, parang, as far as I know, no?
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Parang, alam ko, wala akong winalangya.
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Wala akong ginagamit.
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At sa'ng pinanggalingan mo, dapa eh.
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Ang pinanggalingan mo, gumapangka eh.
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Tsaka nakaramdam ako ng taong, yung ngayon, nakadapa ka na, inapakan ka pa.
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Totoo yun. Totoo yun. Totoo yun.
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Kaya yun ang ayokong, ayokong, kaya lahat ng taong, kahit bago sa industriya
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or bagong kilala mo or bagong ganun,
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you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you, you,
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always try to find that kindness in that person because there is.
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There's always goodness.
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There are bad people talaga.
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Bad is real. That's true.
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But the good wins. Always. Always.
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In this context of the discussion, kaya may mga pagkakataon na nagtatanong tayo,
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do you want to be right or do you want to be kind?
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Ako madalas ah, I choose kindness.
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Kindness talaga. You just, you just don't judge.
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Parang you just don't judge. Parang,
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well, it is what it is.
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But sa akin, I know where I am.
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I know where I stand.
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I know where my heart is.
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I know where my heart is.
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Para at the end of the day,
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pag may huli sa akin ng tulong or kailangan ko tumulog, tutulong ako.
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Here's a question.
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Bago tayo magtapos.
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Why do you want to do the role of an old gay man
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who used to be a stand-up comic?
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You heard about it.
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I heard about it.
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talaga ko naman gusto kong gawin yan.
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I see drama there.
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As an artist also,
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you've forgotten.
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And then, ito, gay kasi,
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I say that because,
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di ba, sa entablado sa mga barangay,
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di ba, kita may mga nag-tat-tat-talo,
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nagbabasketball sila,
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tumatabling sila.
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You know, they give so much fun sa mundo.
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Sa lahat, sa lahat.
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But what's inside them?
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What's really inside them?
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I don't know that.
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And I want to find out.
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I want to show that because I know there,
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ha-ha-ja-ja-ja-ja,
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ha-ja-ja-ja-ja-ja,
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there's goodness.
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And they have their own story too.
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Looking forward to that story.
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Pero, meron na naman tayong commonality dyan.
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for the longest time,
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every time I'd be asked,
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bakit ba trabaho ng trabaho ng trabaho ng trabaho?
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Are you afraid to grow old?
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At ang sagot ko lagi,
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in my experience,
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in my experience,
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to old gay people.
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I'm lucky that I have a partner.
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I'm lucky that I have a partner.
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I'm lucky that I have a circle of friends
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who I think will be with me.
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not everybody is as lucky.
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Kaya, takot na takot ako.
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Takot na takot ako for a while
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what is it that's gonna happen.
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So, because it's really inside,
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They're not going to be older.
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given the moment,
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at pag tinanong ako,
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ikaw pa rin ang pipiliin ko.
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Ikaw pa rin ang pipiliin ko.
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And I'm just so happy.
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How are you as a father?
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I'm really super, super happy.
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To Andres and to Atasha.
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sometimes our friends tell us,
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you guys go out naman
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come out of your house.
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And ganyan, we're like,
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masyado kayong busy.
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yeah, we don't go out.
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Sa village, you know,
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I play golf there
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and with my friends
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and I'm always at home
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there's so many things happening in the house.
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So much entertainment
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with Andres and Atasha.
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Alam mo yung mga anak ko
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nasa kwarto ka lang,
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karakter talaga sila eh.
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It's like you laugh
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and laugh and laugh
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and they're just there
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and it's nice to feel old now
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that your kids are growing up.
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It's nice to feel old.
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these guys are making me old.
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And the way they joke about me,
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they joke to me, sa akin,
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yung mga bibigal lang,
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oh, you're looking like
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a reverse keyhole now.
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kayo lang ang nakagawa sa akin.
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No, but you got there.
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and you're a happy man.
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Salamat, salamat.
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And I wish everyone that.
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I really wish everyone that happiness.
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I'll never be perfect.
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But you're happy.
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Congratulations on your movie.
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That's February 7
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in theaters around the country.
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Ikaw pa rin ang pipiliin ko.
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Directed by Denise O'Hara.
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Maraming maraming salamat, Aga.
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Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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Thank you. Salamat.
