Piolo wants to quit Showbiz (OMG WHY?)

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The 37-year-old actor Piolo Pascual had thought of quit his showbiz career early this year despite of his success of his movie STARTING OVER AGAIN.

Photo Courtesy: ABS-CBN
Photo Courtesy: ABS-CBN

In an interview with Ricky Lo, Piolo said that he felt “burned out” with work. He wanted to quit showbiz because he wants more time for his self and for his son Iñigo.

He said, “Sabi nga nila, I wanted to smell the flowers; I wanted to have more time for other things. I wanted to be able to say that 在线扑克 I own my time.”

He also noted that he felt LIMITED by his work contract.

He said, “Not necessarily restricted but limited, na hindi ako makatulog ng maayos because I have to be on the set first thing in the morning, pack up very late. I don’t want to say that I was burned out, but that seemed to be what happened. You know, I’ve been working since I was 15, for more than half of my life. Let’s put it this way: Masyado kong minahal ang trabaho ko na nakalimutan ko ang sarili ko.”

He also say he have some things he realized that he missed doing when he was in showbiz. He explained in an interview that He missed being normal, able to manage his own time. He loves doing triathlons, and going to different places.

Piolo revealed that STARTING OVER AGAIN would be his last project as an actor after the ABS-CBN management convinced him to make a deal.

He said, “The truth is that after ‘Starting Over Again,’ I didn’t want to renew my contract. I told myself that movie was going to be my swan song. The movie was shot in February and my contract was going to expire in May. They were rushing my soap, ‘Hawak Kamay,’ para pumirma ako ng bagong kontrata. But they knew that I wanted to quit, that I wasn’t really keen on signing again. But I said, ‘Okay, what’s two years?’ I’ll be 39 by then, nasa window pa rin ng pag-aasawa.”

Despite of this he never regret of what showbiz has done in his life; He never thought that he get this far. When he did ‘Lagarista’ (a film directed by Mel Chionglo) 16 years ago, he want to extend his self 5 years more and now he humbled by all his achievements have made.

Piolo Pascual is an actor, model musician and record producer, a son of Filipina mother and Spanish-german father; he started his great career as Jules in award-winning film ‘Dekada 70.’ He collected eight awards in the best supporting actor category in 2002.

And now he is happy with his personal life and with his son Iñigo that currently studying in US.

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