27 quotable quotes

MANILA, Philippines - Here are colorful quotes that tumbled out of the mouths of the stars during their high, low, lucid and emotional moments, as caught on record and immortalized in the pages of this paper’s Entertainment Section. We’re listing 27 in keeping with the 27th anniversary of The STAR on Sunday, July 28.

1. “I’d like to think that together, we have made each other better versions of ourselves. And that is what a marriage should bring out. It is a partnership, a deep friendship, a loving relationship. Fifteen years and counting, Richard still takes my breath away.”

— Lucy Torres-Gomez

2. “The biggest resistance is marrying early. That hurt my Dad a lot. He didn’t eat for a few days. Nag-hunger strike siya. Ang tawag ko nga diyan, e, Gandhi.”

— Sharon Cuneta

3. “It’s a long and not an easy process. You can grieve, but you have to give yourself a deadline, like six months. Then after that, you have to move on. Kasi walang mangyayari sa ‘yo. Even if you have a support group like family or friends and professional help, you have to help yourself. That’s what I did.”  — Carmina Villarroel on failed first marriage

4. “I was oblivious to a lot of that. I think part of it was that I didn’t want it all that badly, I was in pre-Med, a student in university. I mean if I didn’t get the role, it wasn’t going to be the end of life.” — Lea Salonga on the fuss over Miss Saigon auditions

5. “I killed Rustom Padilla and I got away with murder: The corpse was never found.” — BB Gandanghari

6. “I got very affected when I was

 questioned how I could handle such a job when I was only an entertainer. But it would be hypocritical for me not to say I had moments when I thought I’d accept it.” — Boy Abunda on being offered the Tourism secretary post

7. “I would have to say though, you know, you never see any Asian homeless people. They’re all working, they’re family, they’re taking care of each other. I remember like in my house, Filipinos were coming through, and literally, sleeping in the same bed with me until they get their own place. We had people coming in, like relatives from Manila, from Baguio, coming straight in, staying in the house, getting a place. You know, they’re hardworking people, but family is the most important thing to them.”

— Fil-American Hollywood actor  Rob Schneider

8. “Kumbaga, makilala niya ako na Tatay niya. Gusto ko naman na nasa tabi niya ako habang lumalaki siya, even if my relationship with his mom didn’t work out. That was what I was fighting for, ‘yon ang talagang ipinaglaban ko. Ang sakit isiping lumalaki ang anak mo na inilalayo sa’yo.”            — James Yap on son Bimby

9. “Being a gay woman is something I should be proud of being. I just kept quiet about it because I am here for my art and not because of my being gay. I never denied it, except that I thought baka yun lang yung pag-uusapan.”

— Monique Wilson

10. “If you hear something bad about anyone, don’t pass it on. Let it stop with you. As simple as that.” — Eddie Garcia

11. “All my roles are different from what I really am.” — FPJ

12. “I don’t believe in kilig already. Sa akin di na pwede yung ganun because I have too much to lose, and I have my daughters to think of.”

— Ruffa Gutierrez

13. “It’s been almost three years since the breakup and the press keeps on asking me, if I’m okay and if I’m doing fine… Of course, I’m doing fine! I’ve let go a long time ago. Ang dami niya na pong dinaanan na babae di ba? And ayoko naman magpakatanga.” — Kim Chiu on being asked yet again about the ex

14. “I’m too young to be in a relationship. I’m only 18. My only focus right now is my career.” — Sarah Lahbati a few weeks before confirming relationship with Richard Gutierez

15. “I’m ‘crazy’ when it comes to love. That I will still go on with a relationship even if there’s that possibility that it won’t be going anywhere or that you don’t know where it’s headed. It’s because I’m the type who lives for the moment. But who wants goodbyes? But yes, I am capable of doing it, although I don’t want to, but still, I do it.”

— KC Concepcion

16. “Of course, I’m not perfect, and I apologized for my mistakes. There’s not one day in my life that passes that I’m not sorry for the mistakes that I’ve done.” — Gabby Concepcion on past (failed) relationships

17. “It’s funny! It’s flattering. I never thought I’d reach the point that I’d get called ‘hot mama.’ Ang tawag sa akin nuon, hot siopao!”            — Judy Ann Santos

18. “I don’t think people should emulate me. They should go after their own dreams, their own principles, their own ideals. If they can pick up something good (from my story), then good. But I don’t want to be someone that people see as an idol. I’m just being myself.” — Richard Yap

19. “How easy for me to have explained my side, but how can a mother defend herself without destroying a child of hers? I am letting go of a child now who never wanted me in order to save one who has always been there for all, and with all of her love.” — Inday Barretto on the issue among her children

20. “I’m not exactly a lady of leisure. Maybe I am in the sense that I don’t work. Or I don’t work as hard as I used to. I play a different role now. I’m a mom. I don’t even think you can call me the ‘queen of the house’ because I still do household chores. I do things a normal wife does.” — Gretchen Barretto when she left showbiz for a time

21. “There are a lot of things that I’ve done wrong and I think the biggest was to make our marriage public, to turn it into a public fiasco…(Pops) and I learned that of all the roles that we play very well as loveteam on camera, on stage and on television, idolized by  many, envied by many people… the only roles that we didn’t concentrate on were being husband and wife.” — Martin Nievera

22. “If it can be avoided, I will avoid it.” — Julia Montes, 18, on love scenes

23. “I’m not a singer, I’m a performer. Hindi ako marunong kumanta. Kaya nag-pe-perform na lang ako.” — Anne Curtis

24. “Mas mahirap pang bitawan yung no comment… People are not ignorant or stupid. Sometimes, the more you avoid (the question), the more it wouldn’t die down.” — John Lloyd Cruz

25. “I will always be a movie fan.” — Regal matriarch Mother Lily Monteverde

26. “Kung hindi pa ako nakakain ng dumi di ako mananalo. I had to eat s--t to win this.” — Eugene Domingo on winning an award for Ang Babae Sa Septic Tank

27. “Natuto talaga akong mag-adjust sa attitude ko after realizing how things work in showbiz. I’m a very vocal person. I’m very transparent. But I’ve learned there’s a limit to being transparent. Now, I just take a deep breath and ignore (critics). Di na ako mapagpatol.”

— Marian Rivera