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Janine Gutierrez on her showbiz journey

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<p>&quot;You define your own success.&quot;</p><p>These were the words of Janine Gutierrez as she reflected on her showbiz journey, coming from a family of accomplished artists.</p><p>In an interview with Karmina Constantino-Torres on her podcast <em>KC After Hour</em>s, Janine was asked if she felt pressured to achieve the same level of success as her mother, Lotlot de Leon, and grandmother, Pilita Corrales, who have established their legacy in the industry.</p><p>&quot;No kasi imposible and that&#x27;s what I had to remove from my brain din when I was starting. Kasi how can you compete with the women in my life, parang hindi talaga kaya,&quot; she said.</p><p>Janine admitted that her family&#x27;s legacy was one of the reasons she was initially hesitant to join showbiz. </p><p>&quot;I guess that was one of the things din that was stopping me before from trying to enter showbiz, kasi feeling ko hala paano pa, ano pa ang mapapatunayan ko diyan. They&#x27;ve done everything,&quot; she recalled.</p><p>Janine then realized over the years that &quot;there&#x27;s space for everyone.&quot; </p><p>She pointed out: &quot;That&#x27;s why I also hate it when they pit women against each other because everybody can be successful. There&#x27;s space for everyone and just be true to your own journey. Don&#x27;t compare yourself to your peers or don&#x27;t put too much pressure on what other people have achieved kasi you define your own success. And I&#x27;ve learned that also from my mom, and from my grandmother, and everyone.&quot;</p><div><iframe width="670" height="377" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/74AktOzXb5E" title="EP19: Janine Gutierrez on Finding Confidence, Love and Herself" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>In the same interview, Janine was asked how she learned to embrace the ups and downs of her own journey.</p><p>&quot;I think it&#x27;s also really getting to know yourself, and I think it comes with age and experience talaga,&quot; she highlighted.</p><p>She also learned to appreciate how things happen in their own time as they should. </p><p>&quot;And there was that part of me when I was younger na [I wondered] did I just waste my time studying? Dapat ba 16 pa lang nag-artista na ako? But then when I got to do the things I really wanted — for example going to Venice (Film Festival) or even getting roles, or even like going to ABS-CBN — na-realize ko that there&#x27;s really no experience that&#x27;s wasted,” the actress went on. &quot;And I am so happy that I really had that time din to go to school, which is a privilege not many actors have. I am so blessed to have that part of my life before going into show business. It has really helped me talaga.&quot;</p><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-14" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/C_e_h8-MJmt/embed/captioned/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=607&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A14%2C%22os%22%3A4504650%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="1167" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-14" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><p>The actress shared that she also realized that everything happens for a reason. &quot;I&#x27;ve learned that through many rejections, many missed opportunities. Eventually, I realized that everything gets explained or replaced with something better and everything happens for a reason and timing is everything.&quot;</p><p>Janine recently starred in the Kapamilya series<em> Lavender Fields </em>alongside Jericho Rosales and Jodi Sta. Maria.</p><p>&quot;Sobrang saya na mapabilang sa cast ng ‘Lavender Fields’ kasi sobrang husay ng lahat ng artista at sobrang ganda ng kwento at nabigyan kami ng oras ng lahat ng manonood. Fulfilling, kapag nagawa mo ‘yung mga bilin ng mga director and lalong mas fulfilling if nagustuhan ng mga Kapamilya o ‘yung mga nanonood,&quot; she remarked in a previous interview.</p><p>Back in August 2024, Janine attended her first Venice International Film Festival as part of <em>Phantosmia</em> by Lav Diaz.</p><p>&quot;It&#x27;s been a dream of mine to be part of Filipino films that make it to the global stage. I know there&#x27;s so much talent in the Philippine film industry and there&#x27;s so much potential there and I&#x27;m so happy to be with the group of people who feel the same way,&quot; Janine said during the press conference of the movie at the film festival.</p>

<p>Janine Gutierrez shared her thoughts on navigating showbiz, considering she comes from a family of accomplished artists.</p>

Janine Gutierrez shared her thoughts on navigating showbiz, considering she comes from a family of accomplished artists.

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Janine Gutierrez on her showbiz journey: 'You define your own success'

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Published Jan 27, 2025 07:46 PM PHT

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