Philippines Quotes

Shooting in Hong Kong was nice. But it wasn`t all that different from shooting in the U.S. or shooting in Europe. But shooting in the Philippines was. We shot for a bit in a place called Diwalwal, outside Davao in Mindanao. And it was about a five-hour car ride from the nearest airport to the foot of the mountain where this town was. We went up to the mountain, and they had never seen white people in person before. It was a really interesting dynamic. They would follow us around. There were 43,000 people in the town, and there would be a couple of thousand following us around everywhere. People were very nice, very sweet. But there were some rebels around the area who kidnap for money, so we had to have the Philippine army with us. (On filming I Come With the Rain)

The same role had been offered to Emilio a year earlier but the financing fell through. This time, Emilio was on another project, so Oliver Stone offered it to me. It was the break of my life, and I knew it. But it was a strange experience, because we filmed in the Philippines, less than 100 miles away from where my dad had filmed Apocalypse Now (1979). People say I look like him - now, here I was, not only making a picture about Vietnam the way he did, but also narrating it the way he did. And, like him, I had a moment that came close to death, when I fell halfway out of a helicopter, but was caught just in time by one of the actors. - On Platoon (1986).

I was 10 years old. Dad used to take us on location so the family wouldn`t be split up, so we were with him in the Philippines. That`s when the heart attack happened. He came back so pale and sick, so weak and thin, seeming so much older, and walking with a cane. This world of fantasy and artifice that I`d known suddenly was about real life and death, about the potential loss of a parent. It didn`t make any sense to me. It was enough to keep me away from acting for a long time. - On his father`s heart attack filming Apocalypse Now (1979).

We practically own everything in the Philippines.

(on President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo of the Philippines) I`ve never met her, but my impression of her is that she`s very straight, sincere, honest, really talented president, and I hope she gets re-elected.

After Manhunter and To Live and Die, there were all these cop movies that came my way, but they weren`t any good, so I didn`t do them. Then there was talk about my doing Platoon, but I didn`t want to sit in a ditch in the Philippines for eight weeks for no money. Instead I did an HBO baseball movie for more money and more fun, and I got to play ball. I enjoy watching great movies like Platoon, but I don`t have to be in them. I never fell in love with movies. I didn`t want to spend all that time an effort. I`ve had it pretty good. I`ve had it my own way.

The Philippines will only be dragged into the issue the moment warrants there are issued and they would ask for the extradition of the three officials,

We can train Iraqi soldiers to combat insurgencies while respecting human rights, as we have trained armies in the Philippines and Latin America.

All of my countrymen are hoping that I win this fight. If I beat Morales, it will be a great honor for me to go back to the Philippines with the victory. I want this very much for my country, it will be good for my country and my fans.

The Philippines is an important strategic partner to Australia in the fight against terrorism,

I didn`t finish the stories until we went to the Philippines and I got malaria. I couldn`t work and I didn`t have any money, but I had seven stories. So I wrote three or four more.

And, of course, in the Philippines there were so many thousands of Americans that were captured by the Japanese and held and who were rescued by Filipino Americans, or Filipinos I should say, and by U.S. troops near the close of the war.

The big nest was in Afghanistan, thats not quite cleared, then there are nests in the Philippines, there are nests in Indonesia, the Malaysians are clearing up their nests.

The two are a disgrace to the Philippines, the Filipino people, and Filipino peacekeepers who are proudly serving in United Nations missions worldwide,

We are not women of color. I am a woman with skin of color. I am not an ethnicity, but a skin tone. That`s why my book covers everything from a blond and blue-eyed Brazilian to a woman from the Philippines who may be as dark as I am.

There is, ... no single global strategy that works in terms of democratic openness. Sometimes it happens from the bottom up and sometimes it happens from the up down, and to be successful it usually has to work in both ways. There has to be elite that wants change, though that desire can be supported and driven by popular participation. For example in Chile, the Philippines and Korea it required pressure on leaders on top to open up their systems and those pressures couldn`t have come only from civil society. In Ukraine and Georgia on the other hand there was obviously a big push from below -- pressure in both directions is necessary. There is not one single strategy that produces democratic transition.

Today, I have signed a `platinum chip` world-class champion whose persona transcends sports and approaches folklore in the Philippines. I feel privileged that Manny has chosen me as his promoter.

As we are poised for the expanded VAT implementation with strong safety nets, global confidence in the Philippines is resurgent,

In terms of production output costs, Thailand is approximately 20 percent higher and the Philippines is approximately 30 percent higher than China.

Our results in the quarter reflect solid performance in many markets, but we are experiencing challenging conditions in several key countries, including Germany, Mexico and the Philippines,