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b. 1957 Philippines
Hilda Koronel (born Susan Reid; January 17, 1957) is a MMFF, FAMAS, Luna and Urian award-winning Filipino actress. Born to a Filipino mother and an American father who was a serviceman in Clark Air Base, she has starred in around 45 films, many of which are critically acclaimed, since 1970.
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“I would always look at the script first, and I would want something different.”
"She’s the embodiment of what was transpiring, what was happening to our people.”
“Sisa is totally different from other roles that I have done. So I want something exciting, something new, especially at my age.”
“I was thrust into it. I wasn’t looking for it. I guess it was just fate that somebody saw me in LVN Studios, walking around, and asked me if I wanted to be an actress.”
"I'm not the easiest… may pagka- Sisa din ako, haha! (I'm a bit like Sisa too, haha!)."
“Never mind. I don’t care.”
“He knows yung kapasidad ko [what my capacity is], that I can still give more to it, even though I did not believe it myself. But he did. So that gave me courage more than anything else.”
“I grew up with him. He taught me everything I know. It wasn’t just a mentor thing. He knew what my life was… All my sorrows, my fears, my anger, things that I have been through.”
“Kayang-kaya nila yan. Tayo mga babae [They are capable of anything. Us women]. “And dapat pagsamasama tayo, nagtutulungan tayo. Hindi tayo dapat nag-aaway-away, nasisiraan. [And we should always stick together, help each other out. Not quarrel or try to destroy each other].”
“I learned a lot of things from direk, explaining to me na pinag-aralan niya ito for how many years [that he researched this for many years]… Ang dami kong hindi natutunan sa eskwelahan yan [there’s so much that I didn’t learn in school].”
“I’m not just a storyteller. I make the story come alive. That’s my purpose. So when you’re watching me, I’m going to bring you in. I’m going to make you cry. I’m going to make you laugh. I’m going to make you angry. And that’s who Sisa is, and that’s who I am.”