In this video, Iza Calzado and Dimples Romana discuss the privileges given to artists and whether these privileges are being misused or abused.
Dimples even mentions certain actors and actresses who, despite their celebrity status, prioritize the welfare of the people they work with over their own.
Who are these actors and actresses? Watch the video.
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Dimples even mentions certain actors and actresses who, despite their celebrity status, prioritize the welfare of the people they work with over their own.
Who are these actors and actresses? Watch the video.
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00:00In showbiz, especially for celebrities, of course you're all covered with hair.
00:07Yeah, we are privileged.
00:09So privileged to have that kind of hair.
00:11But do you sometimes feel that sometimes that hair was abused just because you were a showbiz person?
00:24Like they go beyond the hair that should have been given.
00:28What do you mean by that? Sorry.
00:30It's like your hair is too much.
00:33If you care about it, you'll feel that it's not right.
00:40I think I understand where you're coming from.
00:44Maybe it's because the artists that you guys always say that we're really friendly.
00:48In truth, I'm coming off of I think one of the interviews I saw of Ate Judah.
00:53She said that an artist should be the last one to complain.
00:59Because we're one of the most respected people who are accepted for a job, for a day.
01:06And that's true.
01:07It's not wrong.
01:08Ate Judah is right.
01:10When I watched that, I was really impressed with my sister.
01:14Because I grew up with her.
01:16She's my sister.
01:18And that's one of the things that I saw that she lives by it.
01:22And that's true.
01:23She lives by it.
01:24Even when we did Mara Clara,
01:28Wow, the biggest show ever.
01:31Esperanza, sorry, not Mara Clara.
01:33Esperanza.
01:34Mara Clara, part opera.
01:36The remake.
01:37Esperanza.
01:38I was 12 years old back then.
01:40And I saw that you were able to become an artist.
01:42Wow, they really give everything to you.
01:45But I also know that it's not normal for everyone.
01:50You shouldn't deny it.
01:51So, being good to you, to your colleagues, to the industry,
01:58just because they're used to it,
02:01that the artists back then are always given what they need.
02:06The resources are more.
02:08Now, in this time, we really have a budget constraint.
02:12And every artist should be able to understand this.
02:15What can we value?
02:19We appreciate that kind of treatment.
02:21Especially here in our set.
02:23You know, it's true, we're spoiled.
02:25We have fruits.
02:27Our coffee.
02:28Craft service.
02:29Craft service.
02:30Not just for us, but for the entire production.
02:34In the ring, they're like that.
02:36If you're a crew, you're a staff, you're with an artist,
02:40you can go there, you're welcome.
02:42And this is a whole new,
02:44it's a very, very welcome change.
02:48A practice, if I may.
02:50In the Philippines.
02:51Yes, in the Philippines, of ring entertainment.
02:53Because you can feel that the treatment is not just for the artists.
02:58If we're going to be honest,
03:00when the first set starts,
03:02after the take,
03:05the artist will be given a seat,
03:07while our cameramen will be given their props.
03:11So, as an artist, when you see this,
03:14don't think you're an artist.
03:16Think you're a human being.
03:18And if you're a human being,
03:20when you see that your cameraman is 60 years old,
03:25or older than you,
03:27give him a seat.
03:29For me, abuse only happens
03:32if you don't understand being a human being.
03:36If you care about your work,
03:39and this is not just for the artists,
03:41but for all the industries we work in,
03:44whether it is corporate,
03:46wherever you are working,
03:48you always make sure that the courtesy and respect you give to people
03:52should not be dictated because of their status in life,
03:56or their position in the environment.
04:02You're the boss, not the security guard.
04:05You're the PA, you're the driver,
04:07all of these deserve respect,
04:10deserve courtesy,
04:12deserve appreciation.
04:13So, the best for me,
04:15the role models who created this kind of
04:18unselected,
04:19old,
04:20stags of work,
04:22the artists,
04:23because we always look at what we're doing.
04:26If you notice, when an artist makes a mistake,
04:28it's a big deal.
04:29If there's something to do well,
04:31you become a role model.
04:33So, for our fellow artists,
04:35to your point,
04:36I would encourage that if you can show concern for me,
04:42we'll be the first to do it.
04:44Because we're the ones they always look up to.
04:47If you're an artist,
04:48they always look up to you.
04:50They look up to you because you're big and beautiful.
04:53That's why when you make a mistake,
04:54everyone becomes broken-hearted.
04:56But in truth, we're all just people.
04:59It happens.
05:00So, I, for one,
05:03experienced this,
05:04that whoever our fellow artists are,
05:09the lowest of all,
05:11the most humble of all,
05:14who takes care of everyone,
05:15because when you see the highest state of opposition,
05:19just like a veteran artist,
05:21who gives a voice to the people around him
05:24and those around him,
05:26he'll be the example.
05:28He'll be the one to follow everyone.
05:30Sorry, I didn't really fully understand it.
05:35Is that how it is?
05:36We're the ones who are abused?
05:39We're the ones who are abused?
05:40Both.
05:41Both sides.
05:42Because, sorry,
05:44this is how I understood it,
05:46is that we are being taken care of
05:50and our people abusing the kind of care.
05:54That's why I couldn't.
05:56But I love your answer.
05:57I adhere to that.
05:59And I think that's been my practice from day one.
06:03Because I was thinking about it.
06:08Is there too much care?
06:10And that it's wrong?
06:12That is the question.
06:17I think it's not that it's wrong.
06:21It's just that I wish that it were given to everyone else as well.
06:27Because care is not wrong.
06:30Care is what we all deserve.
06:34But it's not an egalitarian system
06:39wherein we give it to everybody equally.
06:44Yes, it's very selective.
06:47That's why I was trying to understand.
06:49Sorry, I was really trying to process it.
06:52But if it's about,
06:54do you think that actors are given a lot of care?
06:57Yes, a lot of privilege.
06:59Beyond our set.
07:03We get away with so much.
07:06We are given so much.
07:07Literally, you're given a dessert.
07:09You're given free meals.
07:11You're not hungry yet?
07:12You're not hungry yet?
07:13You have food already?
07:14You have food already?
07:15I mean, people are really almost spoiled.
07:19That's why, that is right.
07:21That's why there are those who get spoiled.
07:24And perhaps, if I reflect upon this,
07:27perhaps I have, at some point, acted like a spoiled person on set.
07:32Because I am not perfect.
07:33Perhaps I have.
07:34I don't know exactly when.
07:37Maybe, you know, sometimes I'm tired.
07:39You know, there's a lot of factors also that come to play.
07:42You don't know how tired a person is when you...
07:47But I don't think I've ever acted inappropriately.
07:51I don't think so, Isa.
07:52I don't remember anything like that.
07:54Me neither.
07:57But of course, part of your self-awareness is you know you're not perfect.
08:02And maybe you have not been as kind with just how you deliver something.
08:08But not abrasive to afford, you know.
08:13But at the same time,
08:16I really think, to the question I just want to say,
08:23that it is not that it is too much care.
08:26Yes, perhaps.
08:28But it is just not equal to how others are treated.
08:34And sometimes I deal with that day in and day out.
08:40That it is not a fair world.
08:44And you have to live with that.
08:47And there comes the responsibility.
08:50There now comes the ensuring that people are okay.
08:56Or paraffle ka sa set.
08:59Or pwede na yas mo.
09:01Yung disparity kasi.
09:03Like in terms of pay, you know that the gap is big.
09:07But then I think, you know, these are things you think about, ha?
09:11If I lessen my pay, will they pay the others more?
09:15That is what I want to ask.
09:17Because, okay, maybe I'll do this and then I'll make paraffle.
09:21That is how, or then, you know, there are things, and it's also beyond my control.
09:27Lalo na sa theater.
09:29Actually po, sa theater, I don't think that the pay gap is as wide.
09:34I don't think so.
09:36Not as much as the movies.
09:37Not as much as the movies.
09:38Pero ang baba nung ticket mo.
09:40Ay, for me, yes.
09:43Oh, yes.
09:45Kaya nga.
09:46So parang, in terms of production, actually, iba eh.
09:50And that's why pagdating mo ngayon sa film and TV,
09:53randam mo yung gap.
09:56And I don't love it.
09:59Of course, I love, syempre I appreciate that I am working and I am making this much.
10:05But my, oh, then you pay your people.
10:08So sa akin na lang, okay, how do I pay my, yung within my control.
10:12How much will I pay people?
10:14You pay them fairly, if you can, a little bit above the average.
10:19Diba yung, sa akin nandoon na lang yun eh.
10:22Pero yung sa set, yung,
10:27I also think that you have to be the voice of the people.
10:31Yeah.
10:32And this is why in Aktor, we have really tried our very best to be part of the conversation
10:39when it comes to having better rules in place.
10:43Because it is the only way to level a lot of things.
10:48Hours of work.
10:51I think, just simple things.
10:56We really advocated for that.
10:59Because you have the most responsibility.
11:02Nakapag, dati diba, pag nag-e-extend ng oras,
11:08kayo talaga ang pupuntahan.
11:10Ang artista.
11:12Kapag sinabi, eh okay kay dimples saka kay Iza.
11:17Bawa tong mga kasama niya.
11:19Yeah.
11:20You know, ease just to, pento to kay Jen eh.
11:23Kasi napaka makataon niya eh.
11:25Angel of the day.
11:27Nakakataon siya talaga.
11:28At na-witness ko yan eh.
11:30Pag nagkatrabaho kami, siyempre siya yung superstar.
11:33Pipigyan siya ng upuan.
11:34Siya lang mag-isa.
11:35Kasi bilang din naman.
11:36Di naman din kasalanan ng production.
11:38Bilang ang monoblock.
11:40Ibibigay sa kanya.
11:41Alam mo, hindi siya uuto.
11:42Sabi ko, sa'yo upukan na.
11:43Kasi pinagay na sa'yo upuan.
11:45Anong masasabihin niya sa'kin?
11:46Uupukan ka ba?
11:48Mayupuan ka ba?
11:49Mayupuan ba siya?
11:52Sabi ko, ikaw dun naman girl eh.
11:53Oh, eh kung umupu ako doon sa upuan na yan.
11:55Masasabihin niya sa'kin.
11:56Hindi ka upo eh, diba?
11:58So kung hindi ka upo, hindi ako upo.
12:01Oo naman, ang weird naman no.
12:03Hindi siya upa-imagine.
12:04Again, to your point, it is not equal.
12:07And sometimes it's not even.
12:09Hindi naman sinasadya ng production.
12:11Sa totoo, hindi naman nilalagay na sunduin.
12:14Ang nangyayari lang talaga,
12:16meron lang mga pakakataon na nangyayari yan.
12:18Kaya ngayon, ang lagi ko talaga mong kahiya
12:21ay kapag ikaw ay nasa posisyon
12:23at estado na kinitinga lakad,
12:25kinitingan ka ng mga tao
12:27bawat kailangang maging mindful tayo.
12:29Kasi, at the end of the day,
12:31whatever you do as an example to those
12:34who cannot speak for themselves,
12:36will empower them.
12:38Makita ka lang nila na,
12:39ay, nirefuse niya yung upuan,
12:40kasi hindi kami lahat upo.
12:42Malaking bagay yun.
12:43Maiisip nila, ay, pwedeng pagdutihan.
12:45And I often, always tell my friends to,
12:48kasi, noong isang araw,
12:49may mga lumang tao kong na-meet.
12:52Lumang tao, I call it,
12:53kasi nag-anniversary po si Sir Deo.
12:56At makikita nila,
12:57kapag hanggang ngayon kasi,
12:58ako parin yung nabidrive.
13:00Ako parin yung...
13:01I tell her naman to please get a driver.
13:04Because it's a safety issue.
13:06This is a safety issue for me.
13:08Especially na may morning show,
13:09kasi lalang...
13:10Exactly!
13:12Okay, I will tell you po,
13:13bakit hindi ako drive.
13:14But I get it,
13:15pero I have friends na ganyan.
13:16It's a personal choice.
13:17It's a control issue.
13:19It's not even a control.
13:21I think po, kasi...
13:22For your safety, sir, for you.
13:24Safe driver siya.
13:25Oo, I'm very safe when I drive,
13:27because I drive for kids, no?
13:28I have three kids, no?
13:30But I will tell you,
13:31it's not a control issue,
13:32because I am somebody who lives with
13:35surrendering everything to the Lord,
13:37and that has been my entire life.
13:39I won't surrender.
13:40So when you're a person like that,
13:42I only drive because it humbles me.
13:44Hinapaalala nito sa'kin,
13:46yung sa'n akong dati.
13:47I used to drive my rare boat.
13:51I go to my teller's area,
13:52at kahit nung nangkakadenal nito ako,
13:54ako pa rin ang nangmamanay na noon.
13:56Ngayon na nga lang kaya sumasama si Papa B,
13:58kasi ayaw niya nang mag-isa ako sa gabi
14:01dahil malayo ang location namin.
14:03Sinabi ko talaga sa kanya.
14:05Bumukha na nang lari mo,
14:06hindi, or like,
14:07pabalik ko kay Papa B, no?
14:09So si Boyer talaga,
14:11kahit alam niya na kaya akong gawin to,
14:13he allows me kasi
14:14parte ng proseso ko bilang artista
14:17ang manatili kong saan yung puso ko,
14:19kilala ko pa.
14:21Ayokong mawala yan.
14:24Tsaka kasi po,
14:25paglamalaki yung kinikita mo,
14:28may tendency ka talagang
14:31medyo proud sa sarili mo
14:33at naga-adjust ang ugali mo.
14:35Ngayon ayoko yung adjustment na yan.
14:37My goal in life ay,
14:38pagtinigdan ko yung sarili ko sa salamin
14:40bawat upaga,
14:41kilala ko ka siya
14:42at gusto ko pa siya makasama.
14:44Kaya kung hindi ko nang gusto ang sarili ko,
14:46may problema tayo.
14:47And driving for myself,
14:49having to get my clothes,
14:51and I still do this on shoots up until this point,
14:53helps me.
14:54So maaaring hindi maitidahan ng iba
14:56yung decision na yun.
14:58Pero para sa akin,
14:59it helps me ground myself
15:01at ipaalala sa akin,
15:02Hoy, Dimples,
15:03ganito ka nagsimula ah.
15:04Kaya pag natapos to,
15:06hanggang kaya mo,
15:07ganito pa rin.
15:09Pero buti na lang may mga nagpamahal sa akin
15:11kagaya na asawa ko.
15:12Minsan dinadrive niya ako.
15:14At may libre pa yung keys.
15:16Just to clarify.
15:17I think it's very admirable.
15:19Kaya lagi na kasi ni Liza,
15:21Hoy, Papa Bia!
15:23I think it's very admirable
15:25that you know,
15:26but it's also,
15:27it's what you're used to.
15:29And it's sometimes hard to,
15:31because syempre ako naman,
15:32just because I have a PA and a driver,
15:34it doesn't mean I'm nakatapak sa lupa.
15:37It doesn't follow,
15:39it's a personal choice.
15:41So parang, yes, I do have that.
15:44Because there are things that I,
15:47I'm more comfortable na,
15:49hindi ko kaya yung pagmamanihuhi mo ko.
15:52Hindi, I'm not a very confident driver.
15:55So, you know, and then,
15:58we have different needs, di ba?
16:00So parang, but I do love that.
16:02I know that, you know,
16:03sometimes when my PA's not there
16:05and it's just me in a shoot,
16:06iba yung sense of empowerment pa rin.
16:09Nakakagawa.
16:11Alam mo yun, parang,
16:12pero nasani ka rin.
16:13And syempre, you also provide jobs for people.
16:16So parang, or actually,
16:18sa totoo lang,
16:19yung mga kasama ko,
16:20sila yung, ano ko eh,
16:22safety net niya.
16:24Sa scene.
16:25Ano yan eh, yung parang,
16:27sense of security mo.
16:29Security blankets.
16:30Kasi eh, ano eh, parang,
16:32hindi mo,
16:34isip tayo na yung,
16:36alam mo, mga kasama ko,
16:37simula inkanta, di ba?
16:39Yung isa,
16:40simula beauty queen pa.
16:41Alam mo yung, talagang,
16:43I like to keep the people close to me
16:46because they are also my reminders of who I am.
16:50And there may have been times that I,
16:52you kind of,
16:54lose sight
16:56of just
16:58where you are,
16:59and you kind of get lost.
17:01And so it's always nice to be humbled.
17:03And often, it is God who humbles you
17:05if you don't listen.
17:07And that's my experience.
17:09At nangyari, yung nangyari,
17:10siya talaga,
17:11naturin na yan sa akin.
17:13I mean, di ba, yung parang,
17:15and it's, I love,
17:17I love,
17:19I love that season in my life
17:21because it makes me a better human.
17:25Just to clarify,
17:26Hindi din, depende sa kasama.
17:29Just to clarify,
17:30sa production na ito,
17:31well taken care of tayo.
17:33Kasi.