Roderick Paulate on the sidelines of the 40th Luna Awards. Image: Hannah Mallorca/INQUIRER.net Roderick Paulate admitted that he hasn’t been attending awards ceremonies for “personal reasons” and initially wanted to grace the 40th Luna Awards last August 3 to show support for the Film Academy of the Philippines (FAP).
But the awards-giving body had other plans for Paulate as he brought home a Best Actor plum for his performance in the film “In His Mother’s Eyes” which stars Best Supporting Actor winner LA Santos and screen veteran Maricel Soriano. “Nagulat sila noong dumating ako kasi matagal na akong hindi umaattend ng awards shows for personal reasons. Nag-start lang ako this year.
Dati ang mga artista, kahit hindi naman nominated, especially noong panahon namin, pumupunta ka sa mga awards night. I can still remember that we support,” he told INQUIRER.net on the sidelines of the awards ceremony.
(My colleagues were surprised when I attended the event. It’s been so long since I attended the awards shows, for personal reasons. I started attending this year.
Back then, actors — especially during our time — would attend awards nights even if they were not nominated. I can still remember that we support each other.) The actor noticed that this form of culture “waned” since then.
Despite this, he wanted to attend the 40th edition of the Luna Awards to remember how it felt and reminisce about the past. “Parang nawala ‘yun for a while, ang nangyari is .