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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.  #MotherLilyMonteverde #RIPLilyMonteverde #EricQuizon   Video: Arniel Serato Edit: Khym Manalo  Subscribe to our YouTube channel! https://www.youtube.com/@pep_tv  Read the latest in showbiz at http://www.pep.ph  Watch more videos at https://www.pep.ph/videos  Follow us!  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pepalerts/  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/PEPalerts  Twitter: https://twitter.com/pepalertsViber: https://bit.ly/PEPonViber Kumu: pep.ph  Visit our DailyMotion channel! https://www.dailymotion.com/PEPalerts

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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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