00:00When Hilda Coronel says it, the name of the great Lino Broca follows.
00:09Yes.
00:10You're aware of that, right?
00:11Of course.
00:12And when Lino Broca and Hilda Coronel say it,
00:14what they're talking about here are the great films like Insiang.
00:18Yes.
00:19Like Maynila.
00:20Maynila.
00:21Sa Kuku ng Liyuanag.
00:22Let's go back to when you were doing Insiang.
00:25How did you write and how did you get inspired by a director?
00:29Because I know Lino didn't believe in workshops.
00:31No, we didn't have.
00:33But we had the Hilda show, if you remember, for almost six years.
00:36Right.
00:37And we did Insiang as one of the episodes for the Hilda show.
00:41You made a film.
00:42Yes, because I was only 16 then.
00:44And Lino said, I promise you, by the time you reach 18,
00:47before you reach 18, I'm going to make you go to the top as the dramatic actress that you will be.
00:54And he did.
00:55And he did.
00:56Yes.
00:57So how was Lino as a director?
00:59Was Lino a different kind of director?
01:02I will show you how to do it.
01:04I will show you how I envision the role.
01:06Some directors, this is your space.
01:08You know?
01:09Tell your story.
01:10I mean, it's up to you.
01:12How do you work?
01:14We talk about the scene and what he wants and what, you know,
01:18if he wants, my tears are on the left or on the right.
01:21You can do that, Susanne?
01:22Yes, in my youth.
01:23Okay, don't ask me.
01:25No, no, no.
01:26You can do that.
01:27You can do that.
01:28It's not a mission, okay?
01:29The tears are on the left.
01:32Yeah, because the lighting is very important to Lino.
01:34So when he says, I want your tears to fall here, okay, like that.
01:38So I do my best.
01:40But he talks to me on the side and Lino knows me in and out.
01:43He knows all my stories, my heartaches, everything, my personal stuff.
01:48I trust him with that.
01:49So he would tell me, I want you to use your experience here.
01:54Use it here in this scene.
01:56Oh.
01:57Okay?
01:58He knows everything.
01:59Parts of, actually parts of Inchang are parts of my life
02:03and so are some of the movies that I have done.
02:06Like Hello Soldier is part of my life.
02:09So he picks a little bit of that and expands it to become a film.
02:13He really knows my story.
02:15Yes.
02:16What is the hardest thing as an artist?
02:21In the context of, is it easy getting into the character?
02:24Is it easier to get out, snap out of the character?
02:27Is it difficult to maintain, sustain a character while shooting?
02:32What is the hardest thing in this process?
02:37To sustain?
02:38Of course, when I leave the set, you have a bit of adrenaline, right?
02:42It's still high, so it's hard to sleep.
02:44When you go home, you remove your makeup.
02:46You always think, like I'm thinking, did I do it right?
02:49Did I, you know, did I do it right?
02:52Even though people say it was excellent already,
02:54I'm always nitpicking.
02:56That's why I don't watch my movies.
02:59Ah, you don't?
03:00I don't.
03:01Susan, what do you do when your partner, for example,
03:04doesn't give you back anything?
03:07It's hard.
03:08But I don't get mad.
03:10It's just, of course, like I have a partner in a scene one time
03:15and it's a drama and sometimes they're like,
03:18oh, you're being watched while you're doing it.
03:21I like my crying scenes to be take one.
03:23Because for me, it becomes a stale.
03:25If I repeat it, it's like I'm rehearsing.
03:28So I want, if I really gave my all,
03:31boom, it's just one explosion.
03:33So sometimes they get confused with what I'm doing
03:36and they go, they forget their lines.
03:38I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I forgot my lines.
03:41I don't get mad, I just laugh.
03:43But it's like, okay, it's 4am, let's do it, okay?
03:46Okay.
03:47But you also realize that a lot of actors,
03:49especially now with the changes,
03:5112 years ago, you did a movie,
03:53that you can be intimidating.
03:54I mean, this is you, La Coronel.
03:55I don't know why.
03:56If I were an actor, Susan,
03:58maybe I wouldn't know what to do.
04:02Okay.
04:03You know what I'm saying?
04:04Yes, I understand.
04:05Your piece of advice to young actors.
04:07Just work hard.
04:08Just work hard and love your craft and then treat,
04:11you know, it takes a village, I always say,
04:14to finish, to make a movie.
04:16So treat everybody with respect and just be on time.
04:19It takes a village, that's true.
04:21It takes a village.
04:22All of them, you know, the crew, all of them.
04:24So I respect everybody from top to bottom.
04:27It's important to me.
04:28It's like I can't wait anymore.
04:29I want to watch you in the mirror.
04:31Okay, and it takes fast talk to do fast talk.
04:44Okay.
05:14Okay.
05:45Hey!
05:48Hey!
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