"It’s a song [about] being a Filipino that’s been transplanted to another country, and you are remembering what it is about home that you remember and love so much."

"I look at the awards and I'm incredibly grateful. But a career like mine would not be possible without a village, without a support system, without the people who are actively behind me"

"You can basically throw all the stuff at the wall and see what sticks. In her case, she throws everything at the wall and everything sticks."

"The funny thing… kids are easy to mold. They’re so easy to teach and they’re so open to suggestions."

"You discover how much motivation you actually have. Really."

"It has to be talent first. Because that’s how we got them in the first place."

"The story is important but not to the point of emotional manipulation of the audience. It has to supplement the talent."

"I try to be cool and not get too emotional, but it's like 'Oh wow.' To be able to be that person to someone, it's pretty crazy and really wonderful, and to continue to work in the Philippines where you're with your people, creating theater."

"I'm here in this very strange country with a culture that's so very different from mine. I need to hang on to a little bit of home to not go insane."

"This is my 18-year-old. My artistic, sensitive, creative, smart, beautiful, affectionate, loving, incredible 18-year-old. I’m beyond blessed and fortunate to call this one mine."

"With each step into adulthood, my heart grows in ways I couldn’t have predicted. That he is, with honesty and courage, growing into who he’s meant to be makes me incredibly proud."

"This is the most precious human being in my little world. The one who captured my heart from the word go. The one that made me realize how insignificant my life was, until that initial piercing cry at 12:12 PM on May 16, 2006."

"Playing her again 30 years later is going to be illuminating."

"The one thing I’ve learned is that you have to raise your child the way your child needs to be raised… As a parent I want to set my child up for success. I want my child to feel safe and strong and ready to conquer the world on their own terms."

"The only thing that trans folks, any LGBT person wants, is to exist and to live and to love in the way that they were born to. Full stop…"

"It’s important for me to speak up for kids like my own kid, because trans folks are being erased, as if their existence never happened. But trans folks have been around forever."

"To all Filipinos fighting corruption- may God give you more strength to keep going."

"“You have to live for yourself. [If you don’t], you’re not being truthful to others or worse, you’re being dishonest with yourself.”"

"We keep speaking, we keep fighting. For truth. For justice. For change. No politics."

"Stop Flooding Us With Corruption!."

"“I don’t think one has to have a reason to help others. This is actually our obligation as a human being, as a citizen of this country, as a Filipino.”"

"If there's a will, there's a way. it means that if you want to do something, you'll make a way to do it."

"I just believe that when there's a will there's a way and I will continue to help others in different ways."

"“May we all shine, not just today but every single day!""

"“Every woman is a SUPERHERO.”"

""You can’t put yourself in a box because you’re afraid of other people’s opinions.”"

"Poverty exists because of an unjust system that deprives people of equal opportunities."

"“I want to be remembered for how I’ve been able to make other people feel that ‘I’m here’, ‘I care’. That for me would be the bigger achievement.”"

"I realized that it is not just enough to share some blessings but to stand in solidarity with them—to fight with them, hope with them, and overcome the odds with them."

"“When you’ve been in the industry for a long time—not to brag—or when you’ve received several acting awards, you become hungry for achievements outside your craft. If you’ve previously been noticed for your looks, outfits or how sexy you are, you eventually want to be known for something more than your physical attributes.""

"I'm challenging Filipinos to really think about what "meat" is. Eating flesh means eating the corpse of a tortured animal who did not want to die. I'm encouraging kind consumers to give vegetarianism a try."