German Moreno breaks down the differences between the cultures of artists in the United States and the Philippines.
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00:00It's like a Chinese theater through a wall.
00:03Because here, the footprints of the people here are imprinted.
00:08And it was Brother Germs who suggested this.
00:10There are handprints and footprints there.
00:13When Dr. Perez brought me to America for the first time,
00:17we were in Bica and Dr. Perez took us around.
00:20So in Hollywood, the Chinese drama theater,
00:23in their lobby, there's a place like this.
00:27So I suggested to Dr. Perez and Mommy Perez
00:30that why don't we do the Sampaguita every weekend?
00:33It's like a tourist attraction, like Universal City.
00:38So they agreed.
00:39We tried it and it was successful.
00:43And there were also excursionists.
00:45Yeah.
00:46So we did the printing first.
00:50Then the makeup room, the clothes that Gloria and Susan used,
00:56we displayed all of that.
00:58So they can see it.
00:59And we edited the old movies,
01:01we printed it so that the audience can see it.
01:04Because there's a fee of one peso.
01:06Just one peso?
01:07Just one peso.
01:08I have a question.
01:09Because in the US, in Hollywood,
01:11there are a lot of veteran actors and actresses
01:14like Jesse Catandi at the time.
01:16And their careers are booming.
01:18Their careers are booming when they return.
01:20They even won awards like Jack Lemmon.
01:24And when he was still alive,
01:25he suddenly came back and he's so handsome.
01:28Do you feel that you want to do something like that again?
01:32Or are you happy that you can relax a bit?
01:37For me, no.
01:38I still want to appear on TV.
01:43You know, Denise and Jelly, it's in the blood.
01:46Once you enter this business,
01:49you can't leave it.
01:50You'll keep looking for it, right?
01:52What makes us sad is
01:55the lack of respect.
01:57Because in the US, until now,
02:00even if you're getting older,
02:02you're becoming more important to them.
02:05That's why the name of an artist,
02:07you can't see that they're lowering it.
02:09It will stay forever.
02:11It's already there.
02:13It's already there, you can't lower it.
02:16I agree with that, it's really germs.
02:18It's really a different trend
02:20from other Filipino producers.
02:23If you're not a superstar,
02:25you're just like a crowd.
02:28Like that.
02:29They forgot your achievements.
02:31Just like a crowd.
02:32There's also an issue of audience appreciation.
02:36Why?
02:36Sorry to say, but the audience of
02:41Filipino films is not yet mature.
02:44They're still there in the 60s,
02:46where they're just rejecting the kids.
02:51So maybe, as a producer,
02:54they should somehow educate those kids
02:58so that the audience can elevate their appreciation
03:02to all kinds of films and artists.
03:04Lito, I think, in my opinion,
03:08you can't blame the audience.
03:12The producer should take care of it.
03:15Because if the producer shows
03:17their respect to the artists they're getting,
03:20the fans will respect it too.
03:22Because, of course,
03:24they don't care about the billing.
03:27The artist doesn't look for you
03:29to put him up there.
03:31You put him in a place
03:33where he's respected.
03:35Actually, you, germs,
03:36I see what you're doing all the time.
03:38I learned so many things in this company.
03:40What you're doing now,
03:42what you're doing now,
03:44because it's a different kind.
03:46The artist of the day is like a diamond.
03:49It's really precious.