Actor and director Eric Quizon considers himself lucky to have known Mother Lily Monteverde up close and personal. He recalls his fondest memories with Mother Lily and even the day when he first met her, coincidentally, at a wake.
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00:00and many, many more.
00:04Let's welcome and you may clap
00:06for Director Eric Kizum.
00:09Good evening everyone.
00:15Good evening mothers.
00:20Good evening everyone.
00:24Mother, I think personally and I'm today
00:29It's partly because of Mother.
00:34Mother was instrumental in me being in this industry, the movie industry.
00:44I've been in the industry for 38 years.
00:48That's more than half of my life.
00:55Well, I just want to say that, like I said,
00:57she's very instrumental because I was a regal baby.
01:03And as they say, just like what the beauty queens would say in Bini Bini, Vienna,
01:12the girls would say once a Bini Bini, always a Bini Bini.
01:17But Mirika, once a regal baby, always be a regal baby.
01:22And I will always consider myself a regal baby.
01:27Okay, how ironic, because the first time I met Mother was in a wake.
01:36It was in the wake of my Lola, my dad's mom, who died, and then she was there.
01:43And I was being called by this woman,
01:47Iho, come here, come here.
01:49So I approached her.
01:52I said, I want to be an artist.
01:54She said, no, I don't want to.
01:55And then I realized, and I didn't know it was her.
01:58I never met Mother Lili.
02:01And then I found out that it was her.
02:05Of course I know regal films.
02:07I watch regal movies, but I did not know her.
02:12So that was the first time I met her, in my Lola's wake.
02:15And now I'm here, you know, saying something about her in her wake.
02:21So, you know, I guess a lot of good things happen in wakes or weddings.
02:28So who knows, probably the next star or the next Mother Lili is here.
02:34Okay, so how should I start this?
02:40Well, like I said, I consider myself very lucky,
02:44because after the time that I met Mother,
02:50I became an actor because of my dad.
02:53But six years, this was like six years later,
02:57I got to see Mother again.
03:00And then she asked me if I wanted to be a regal baby.
03:03So after that time, I signed up.
03:08Then my dad got mad at me.
03:10He said, why do you want to be a regal baby?
03:12And I said, why not?
03:14Because I thought that I would...
03:17Because at that time, I never really thought I was going to be an actor.
03:21So I was a very reluctant actor.
03:24I'm sorry if I'm talking about myself right now, but that's my real...
03:28I'm getting into the...
03:32what my relationship with Mother is.
03:36So, and then I signed up.
03:39My dad got mad at me.
03:41However, my dad realized that, yeah, it was the right move.
03:43Yeah, it was the right move.
03:45Because I wanted to make...
03:47I didn't really want to be a comedian.
03:49I wanted to be in a drama.
03:51That's what I wanted to do.
03:53And at the first year I signed,
03:56I was doing a movie with Vilma Santos,
03:58with Maricel Soriano, with Snooki Serna.
04:01I was being directed by the best directors,
04:03Ismael Bernal,
04:05Lino Broca,
04:07Peggy Gallagher,
04:09Joe Alamanga,
04:11and so many more.
04:13And I was so lucky that
04:15my...
04:17I think my 16th picture contract
04:19was done in a year.
04:21Or to be precise, it was not fast.
04:24So...
04:28Mother was not
04:30just a producer
04:32to all of us.
04:34I mean,
04:36to me she's a mentor,
04:38a confidant, a friend.
04:40And
04:42in every essence of the word,
04:44a mother.
04:46She's a mother to all of us.
04:48I think that's her calling.
04:51I think that's her calling.
04:53To be called mother.
04:55Because that's what she is to everyone,
04:57to all of us in the industry.
05:02One thing with mother,
05:04in my relationship with mother,
05:06is that,
05:07you know,
05:09this is really proven and tested.
05:11I think it's not just
05:13to me, to my family,
05:15but to everyone.
05:17I remember there was a time
05:18my dad needed help,
05:20and mother was there
05:21to rescue my dad.
05:23There was one time
05:24I needed help,
05:26and mother was there.
05:27And she helped me.
05:28She was there.
05:30At that time,
05:31I wasn't posted yet.
05:33That's why I was like,
05:34wow.
05:36So,
05:38that's why,
05:39I mean,
05:40if there's one person
05:41that I really look up to
05:42in the industry,
05:43it's mother.
05:44I mean,
05:48she became my idol.
05:50She became like an idol.
05:52You know, like,
05:54I think,
05:55there was a time
05:56when what she does,
05:57or whatever she touches,
05:59it's like Maika's touches,
06:00and all the rest.
06:01So I said,
06:02I want to be like Maika.
06:04But it's hard, actually.
06:05Because it's hard
06:06to be like a mother.
06:12Well, definitely,
06:13she's going to be missed.
06:16I'm going to miss
06:17her
06:18random calls.
06:19Oh,
06:20she would call
06:22at odd hours.
06:23I'm sure
06:24many of you
06:25have heard this.
06:26She would call
06:27at odd hours.
06:28Oh, Eric,
06:29how are you?
06:30I'm okay, mother.
06:31Okay.
06:33Mother?
06:34Mother.
06:35Oh, shut up.
06:38I think,
06:39just the fact that she
06:41knows that you're okay,
06:43then it's okay for her.
06:44But,
06:46just the mere fact
06:47that she called me,
06:50it's an
06:52acknowledgement
06:53that you are important to her.
06:55So,
06:56that's why
06:57I know
06:58that I'm important
06:59to her.
07:00Because
07:01she's always been
07:02important to me.
07:04Um,
07:05I'm going to miss
07:06her
07:07infectious laugh.
07:10You know,
07:11my mother,
07:12she just wants
07:13everything to be
07:14happy,
07:15happy,
07:16happy.
07:17She doesn't like
07:18chaos.
07:19But,
07:20she's the one
07:21who starts
07:22the chaos sometimes.
07:23But,
07:24she ends it
07:25because
07:26mothers
07:27really
07:28don't like
07:29chaos,
07:30don't like
07:31to be
07:32okay.
07:34So,
07:35mother,
07:36I think,
07:37um,
07:38saying thank you
07:39is not enough
07:41for what you've done
07:42to all of us
07:43and to the industry.
07:45Uh,
07:46oh,
07:47before anything else,
07:48this is,
07:49I think I've said this
07:50to yourself,
07:51um,
07:52but,
07:53I haven't said this
07:54to
07:55Goldwing.
07:57Okay?
07:58So,
07:59mother is very proud
08:00of this.
08:01She'll say,
08:02oh my,
08:03my mother is like this.
08:04Oh my,
08:05my son is like this.
08:06He's even shorter than me.
08:08But,
08:09this is really
08:10the first time
08:11that,
08:12I really can't
08:13forget this.
08:14Uh,
08:15so,
08:16Goldwing took over
08:17the UP
08:18Maroons
08:19and the UK
08:20Champions.
08:21So,
08:22I was watching TV,
08:23watching that game,
08:24and Ateneo,
08:25I'm from Ateneo,
08:26so,
08:27I was watching
08:28the game,
08:29and Ateneo
08:30was leading
08:31by 8 points
08:32in 2 minutes
08:33or something.
08:34And then,
08:35before you know it,
08:36leading name
08:37UP
08:38and winning
08:39UP.
08:40So,
08:41I was so shocked
08:42watching TV.
08:43I said,
08:44how did that happen?
08:45After,
08:46less than 30 seconds,
08:47here comes
08:48mother calling me.
08:49I said,
08:50why is mother
08:51calling me?
08:52Oh,
08:53mother.
08:54She said,
08:55hehehe,
08:56Eric,
08:57you lost.
08:58He called me
08:59after 30 minutes
09:00saying that
09:01I lost.
09:02She recognizes
09:03that,
09:04you know,
09:05that I'm from
09:06Ateneo.
09:07So,
09:08it just goes to show
09:09how proud she is
09:10of her kids.
09:11So,
09:12again,
09:13mother,
09:14uh,
09:15uh,
09:16our turn
09:17of attitude
09:18to you.
09:19You will be
09:20sorely missed.
09:21But you know what,
09:22I think
09:23shoulders
09:24will never be
09:25the same
09:26without you.
09:27So,
09:28we love you,
09:29mother.
09:31And to the
09:32family,
09:33uh,
09:34nice to see you
09:35as the
09:36volunteers.
09:37And,
09:38uh,
09:39she is
09:40in a better
09:41place.
09:42And she
09:43is living
09:44a really
09:45good life.
09:47So,
09:48researching on
09:49the life
09:50of mother
09:51Lily,
09:52aside from,
09:53you know,
09:54the film industry,
09:55she also
09:56was
09:57what I
09:58learned.
09:59And I found,
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