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Arjo Atayde almost quit showbiz, until best actor award came

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2020/entertainment/12/08/20201208-arjo-atayde.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption><em>Screengrab from Facebook</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>MANILA -- Arjo Atayde admitted that he was considering the idea of leaving show business, until his newest achievement got him back on track.</p><p>Not giving further details, Atayde said recent events have affected him &quot;so much&quot; to the point of giving up on his passion for acting.</p><p>&quot;Given all that has happened, it&#x27;s affected me so much that I was just like, &#x27;You know what, I&#x27;m out. I don&#x27;t like it anymore. I don&#x27;t want to do showbiz because of this damage they&#x27;ve done.&#x27; It was massive damage not only to me, but to a lot of people... I was just so affected that I wanted to quit,&quot; he said in a virtual briefing with the media on Tuesday.</p><p>&quot;And I&#x27;ve actually told several people already,&quot; he continued. &quot;And it was already like, maybe, one last year [in showbiz] in my head.&quot;</p><p>This was confirmed by Atayde&#x27;s mother, veteran actress Sylvia Sanchez, in her surprise video message for the actor which was aired during the online event organized by Dreamscape Entertainment. </p><p>She revealed that her son told her that he wanted to stop acting because he is &quot;tired.&quot;</p><p>&quot;Two months ago, sinabi mo sa akin, &#x27;Ma, stop na ako sa pag-arte, ayoko na, pagod na ako.&#x27; Ang dami mong pangamba sa sarili mo, ang dami mong questions, &#x27;nak, na alam mo &#x27;yun, hindi ko rin masagot. O may nasagot man ako pero wala eh,&quot; Sanchez said.</p><p>&quot;Sabi mo magpo-produce ka na lang, ayaw mo kitang sabihan noon anak na, &#x27;Huwag kang mag-quit ng pag-arte, anak, kasi ito &#x27;yung mundo mo.&#x27; Pero buhay mo &#x27;yan eh, desisyon mo &#x27;yan. Hindi kita puwedeng pakialaman,&quot; she said. </p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/DreamscapePH/videos/184737396674061" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Sanchez believes that Atayde&#x27;s best actor win at the Asian Academy Creative Awards is a &quot;sign from God&quot; that he should keep using and honing his acting talents.</p><p>&quot;Anak, hindi na ako ang sumagot, ang Diyos na mismo. Binigyan ka niya ng award. Alam mo &#x27;to, itong award na &#x27;to... Isa lang ang gustong sabihin sa &#x27;yo ng Diyos, &#x27;Binigay ko sa &#x27;yo itong talent na &#x27;to, Arjo. Kaya stay.&#x27; Okay, anak? Stay ka. Ito ang mundo mo, dito ka nararapat,&quot; she told her son.</p><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/12/05/20/watch-arjo-ataydes-poignant-asian-academy-creative-awards-speech">WATCH: Arjo Atayde’s poignant Asian Academy Creative Awards speech</a></li></ul><p>Reacting to his mother&#x27;s message during the online press conference, Atayde referred to his best actor win as his &quot;biggest sign.&quot;</p><p>&quot;I didn&#x27;t ask for any sign, I was just hopeless until this happened. I swear,&quot; he said.</p><p>&quot;This one is the biggest sign I&#x27;ve ever... I didn&#x27;t even ask for a sign, that&#x27;s the point. It just came up, it&#x27;s amazing.&quot;</p><p>Now more determined than ever to do his work as an actor, Atayde said he will make sure to continue learning and improving his craft. </p><p>&quot;I don&#x27;t think I&#x27;m gonna stop anytime soon,&quot; he said. </p><div><strong>Related video: </strong></div><figure class="op-interactive"><iframe height="315" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/4_m_Sge9Rho?enablejsapi=1" width="560"></iframe></figure><div class="iwantbar">Watch more in <a href="//www.iwantv.com.ph/">iWantv</a> or <a href="//tfc.tv/">TFC.tv</a></div>

<p>"This one is the biggest sign I've ever... I didn't even ask for a sign, that's the point. It just came up, it's amazing." </p>

"This one is the biggest sign I've ever... I didn't even ask for a sign, that's the point. It just came up, it's amazing."