Actor, writer and director #XianLim sat down with Esquire Philippines to answer 5 questions while eating steak. Here, he discusses what movie genre best represents his life, where would he go if he could time travel, and more.
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00:00We don't really say this as, I don't really get to say this as much, but I'll tell her how much I love her.
00:30Alright, so I think if my career was a genre, or my life was a genre, I think it would be a coming-of-age film.
00:41Sa mga coming-of-age films, there's like, you go through obstacles and yung mga iba't-ibang challenges and you get through them.
00:53Huyah! Sarap ah! Sarap, sarap!
01:10It would...
01:13Nag-isip ko, Up! First movie that came to mind. Up! Si Russell.
01:20Because, um, boy scout siya, he just wants to help people out, and gusto kong maka-experience sumakay sa isang bahay na puro balut.
01:42If I can travel to any era, I would go back to the time when I was a little kid.
02:01Yung panahon na wala ka pang pinuproblema kung hindi kulay lang ng crayons mo. That feeling.
02:11Tapos kung maraming levels pa yung crayon, alam mo, ikaw yung pinakasikat sa school.
02:18So what a time to be alive.
02:24Thank you.
02:38I would have dinner with my great-grandmother. She was 98 when she passed away.
02:46Ang pag-uusapan namin on how sorry I was for not visiting her as often as I should.
02:57Sa mga nanonood nito, please do hug your moms, hug your dads, hug your lolos.
03:06Love them, love them. I'll have dinner with my mom.
03:10I don't really get to say this as much, but I'll tell her how much I love her.
03:20Maybe if I can have one more, I'll have dinner with Quentin Tarantino.
03:31And ask him, how to make your style of movies? How do I make a bloody film as good as yours?
03:40Those are my top three.
03:43Mmm!
03:58Truthfully speaking, speaking from the heart, it would be a challenging role for me would be to have,
04:07let's say, a BL or having a relationship with the same sex.
04:17I think that takes a different kind of mindset and I think that's a really challenging role to play.
04:28Top first thing that came to mind.
04:33Kind.
04:37Kind.
04:46Be prepared for what is to come.
04:53Gotta be strong. Gotta be strong in this world. That's my advice.
05:00Mmm!
05:03This is already lit, but it's still good.
05:09When I eat steak, medium well.
05:14Or medium rare.
05:19Delicious!
05:30Mmm!