Lisa Soberano

"Never expect anything, but plan for everything."

"When it comes to planning, I'm very nurturing, like a mother."

"Change cannot be just the responsibility of the people who need it most. They need the support of everyone, especially those of the highest power, if we are to see true change."

"I’ve embarked on a fresh new chapter and I’m finally taking control of my life, pursuing dreams that I’ve always had a hold off on. It’s exciting, it’s terrifying, it’s anxiety-filled, and it’s confusing. But what I know for sure is that for the first time, I’m finally living my life for me."

"My heart bleeds for all the people who cannot afford not to go out and work. They literally have to choose between dying of starvation or dying of covid."

"Calling someone your best friend doesn't necessarily mean you are friend-zoning them."

"In the Philippines the only way to become a big star really — if you're not a singer, if you're an actor — is to be in a love team. It becomes this whole thing where your career and your personal life — the line between the two gets blurred. People just don’t know what reality is."

"When you're a kid, that's just what you do. You believe anything that an adult says because you think that they have their best interest for you."

"People told me they loved me, but then they would do the complete opposite of what you do when you love someone. So that’s why words don’t really mean anything to me. It’s all about action."

"Now that I had a taste of what collaborating feels like and being empowered to be creative and think outside the box, it's like I can't unsee it anymore, and that's the only way I wish to work."

"I'm always grateful, thankful, and I am blessed to everybody that came into my life."

"It should be an equal amount of time and effort and pushing for the same narrative and the same vision or values while also boosting up your individual brand, I think that's the way collaboration should be."

"I really wanna become an actress, a world-class actress."

"My goal is to become my own person because for so many years, I was in a love team. I never was able to build up my own personal branding. I really wanna do with my career and personally finding out what excites me, what fuels my passion."

"As an actress my job is to entertain, but as a public figure, my responsibility is to speak up on the things that matter, from a place that matters."

"It is a privilege and honor to be able to share my experiences so that even just one little girl out there can feel encouraged to speak up."

"Cruel people will try to discredit your story, they'll say you are exaggerating or being self-serving, don't mind them. Don't let them, only those with hardness in their hearts would discourage your voice."

"Only weak people would respond to stories of pain with doubt and interrogation. Worst of all, some will even try to exploit your story for personal gain, responding to your pain with gossip and attention-seeking, making it a source of entertainment."

"To 4-year-old Hope, who's in the midst of a painful, upside-down world, just trying to stay a child, thank you. Thank you for staying determined and strong, for choosing to keep pushing ahead, to build a beautiful life worth living."

"Before, I would try to be as perfect as possible. I would never talk about anything negative. I was told not to talk about anything negative or talk about my real life and my struggles. That’s not reality, that’s not real. Nobody can sustain just by being happy, successful, busy or whatever all at once."

"When I start becoming more honest, that’s when I start getting more hate. It felt like my most honest self isn’t worthy of this love, and attention, and appreciation from people. At all times, I’ve decided to be as honest and authentic as I can be, not only for myself but for the people watching me."

"Whether they like me or not, at least what they’re seeing is my most authentic self, and me trying my best to contribute something to society in a positive way."

"Just because I'm a celebrity doesn't mean I was confident my whole life."

"Just because society creates this image in our minds that perfect is the new beautiful means that we have to follow that, We don't have to let that image in our head overtake our insecurities."

"For me as a teen, there's so much going on, It makes us become who we're not. We are all unique, we are all different in our own way, and we can stand out and be beautiful on our own."

"I know how it feels to be a regular teen girl. I'm proud that I'm able to make a difference to help other people out. That's really what I like doing."

"Be yourself, because that's the best you can be. It shows your uniqueness, how you're different from everybody else, and that will make you stand out."

"If you're like the rest, nobody's gonna notice you."

"By being yourself when you're answering questions, you're able to answer truthfully. But if you're not yourself and you're pretending to be someone [else], that's when you get nervous."

"Getting confused? This is normal, you’re trying to find out who you are, who your friends are, who are the people who will stick by your side."

"I believe I was born to make a difference to help people and encourage them. Parang (like) Emma Watson, I really wanna make a difference."

"I get nervous because of experiences before, so when I come out on stage, I'm trying not to get stage fright. I must do it because it's work and it's also what I love to do."

"Minsan lang magkaroon ng ( You only get) an opportunity once in your life, and if you're not gonna give it your all now, when is it gonna come back to you?"

"I don't like disappointing people. I don't like creating enemies. I'm a people pleaser."

"I wanna change because I wanted to grow."

""I was scared to go beyond, And I think, looking back, that mindset that I had, that notion that I had was wrong."