Kapuso Insider: Camille Prats, looks back on her career journey

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Mula sa pagiging isang child star hanggang sa pagganap niya ngayon bilang kontrabida sa Afternoon Prime series na 'Mommy Dearest,' marami nang pinagdaanan na karakter si Camille Prats.  Balikan ang naging career journey ni Camille sa 33 years niya sa industriya at kung ano ang maipapayo niya sa mga nangangarap pumasok sa show business.

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00:00Good morning, sir. I know that you won't leave us.

00:08She was taught by the original princess of drama, Camille Pratt, one of the most popular child stars in the 90s.

00:15Now, she's a well-known actress and has her own family, what can the former child star say about the course of her career?

00:24Find out here in Kapuso Insider.

00:30Introduction

00:35Camille was known in the 90s as a princess of drama.

00:39From being a grand finalist in a talent search program, Camille proved her worth as a child actress.

00:47After graduating from Kiddie Roles, Camille continued to play mature roles.

00:53Some Kapuso teledramas like Monting Heredera, The Borrowed Wife, Second Chances, and many more are included here.

01:02In continuing Camille's showbiz career, how was her journey as an actress?

01:08I really see it as a blessing to be in this industry for 33 years now.

01:14I started when I was only 7.

01:16And to be honest, one of the things that I'm very grateful for is that the industry has been very, very kind to me.

01:23Like, we've heard different kinds of stories, horror stories, terrible stories of how young children were abused by different people.

01:33May it be, I don't know, sexual abuse or abuse just because, you know, they're young or they feel like they're new in the industry.

01:44They don't have a voice and they can't really speak up for their rights.

01:48And hearing all those things really broke my heart and at the same time made me feel really grateful.

01:54Because as a child, I would say that I've never experienced that.

01:59I don't remember a time where I felt that people were abusing me and my capabilities or even just by being a child.

02:10You know, you feel like you don't have the right to speak up or to assert yourself.

02:15And that's one of the biggest things that I'm grateful for.

02:21That I've stayed in this industry for so long.

02:24No matter how crazy it is, we know for a fact that this industry isn't really the kindest industry for a lot of people.

02:32It is actually, you know, like a dog-eat-dog world.

02:35You can never really say that once you've made it, you're there forever.

02:40It's something that you have to continually earn each and every project that's given to you.

02:45I'm just really grateful to still be here, to still be able to do what I've always loved to do.

02:50And to still be loved by not only by my network, but even those who are watching.

02:56The people who really support you whenever you have a new program, they're waiting for you.

03:02And that for me is the biggest blessing of all.

03:06To still be able to do this is something that I really, really treasure.

03:10And something that I'm really, really grateful for.

03:13According to Camille, her mom, Alma, was a big factor in her joining Showbiz.

03:18In fact, her mom was the one who trained and joined her in the casting calls.

03:23I started telling my mom about my desire to be in this industry at the age of four.

03:30And you know, looking back, I thought, it's a good thing that she believed in me.

03:36I mean, imagine at four, saying that I want to do this.

03:40And my mom believed in me to a point that she trained me.

03:45She made sure that she equipped me in the things that I wanted to do.

03:50She supported me.

03:52She would bring me to different VTRs.

03:54As in, we were really busy with casting calls and all those things.

03:57Because I really wanted it.

03:59Looking back, that's one of the things that I'm very, very grateful for.

04:04Because she believed in me.

04:06And what if she didn't?

04:07What if she just said,

04:09Stop me! Don't mess with me!

04:11What's that? Your dream is impossible.

04:13It's a one-off. It won't happen.

04:16And that was the end of it.

04:17But that changed my life.

04:19It's because of my mom that I'm here now.

04:23In 2008, she got married to Anthony Linsanga, her first husband.

04:28In a civil wedding ceremony in Los Angeles, California.

04:32They got married in 2010 in a church in Makati.

04:35Before Anthony passed away due to cancer in 2011.

04:39In 2017, Camille got married to the former grade school classmate and businessman, John Vijay Yambao.

04:46Aside from Nathan, her son, to her ex-husband, Camille also had children, Anthony, Nolan, and Nala.

04:54They are also co-parents to Vijay's son, Ice.

04:57How is Camille as a mother?

05:00I am a very chill mom.

05:02I believe I'm very affectionate as well.

05:05I'm very gentle. I'm very clingy to my children.

05:08I'm very vocal about how much I love them.

05:12The same with my boys.

05:14I try to be very gentle. I barely get upset.

05:18I try to be rational also.

05:20Whenever I instill discipline, I try to be mutual with emotions.

05:26Being a parent for me is something that's also changing me for the better.

05:34You know, I learned a lot growing up from my parents.

05:37And I also learned a lot of things that I don't want to do to my children.

05:41Will Camille agree if her children are interested in showbiz?

05:47At this point, not yet.

05:49She hasn't said it yet.

05:51But if she really wants, I would let her.

05:55If that's also the same fate of my children,

05:58and this is what they really want,

06:00I think I have a very, very good model to look up to,

06:05which is my mom and how she really handled all these things as I was growing up.

06:10Making sure that it kept me grounded even up to this point of my career.

06:17What advice would Camille give if they also want to do showbiz?

06:24For me, I believe that being in this industry is a gift.

06:30If there's one thing that I can advise them is that

06:35do not ever get confused between who you are and what you do.

06:40And I think that has always been very clear with me.

06:45For me, being an artist is a privilege.

06:49It's a job. It's what I do.

06:52But it does not define who I am.

06:55I am a daughter. I am a sister.

07:00Growing up, now I would say I am a wife and I am a mom.

07:05Being an artist is my job.

07:08But it's not my personality.

07:11And I've witnessed also a lot of people go into or fall into that mistake

07:19na hindi na nila nahihiwala yung pagkatao nila sa pagiging artista.

07:25And that's very dangerous because when you're an actress,

07:30syempre iba-iba yung levels ng fame.

07:33Alam mo yun, you do one good project and all of a sudden you're at the peak of your career.

07:39But you know what? You won't stay there for long.

07:42And if you tie or attach yourself to what you do,

07:46pag hindi ka na ganoon kasikat, it's actually very, very painful.

07:51So parang for me, that's my advice na this is a privilege.

07:56This is your job. It's what you do for a living.

07:59The same thing na yung utility trabaho niya yan, yung director trabaho niya yan.

08:04Lahat tayo dito, nagtatrabaho lang.

08:07Being an actor or an actress doesn't make you feel entitled to have fame.

08:13Kasi, trabaho lang siya.

08:16So yun siguro yung for me, an advice that I would give someone who would want to be a part of this industry.

08:23Samantala, mapapanood si Camille bilang kontrabidang ina sa bagong GMA Afternoon Crime Series na Mommy Dearest.

08:31Sa tingin kaya ni Camille ay meron silang pagkakaparehan ni Olive ang karakter niya sa seriye?

08:37Wala kaming similarity ni Olive.

08:39If you are going to ask me if we have any similarities, none at all.

08:45I don't see me in Olive and I hope I never see myself in Olive.

08:51Aba nga ng kakaibang role ni Camille Prats sa GMA Afternoon Crime Series na Mommy Dearest.

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