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Belle Mariano shares how she balances work and personal life amid busy showbiz schedule

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

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<p>Belle Mariano opened up about how she manages to balance her personal and professional life amid her busy schedule.</p><p>In an interview with Bianca Gonzalez on the <em>Paano Ba &#x27;To: The Podcast, </em>the actress admitted that things have been hectic lately as she&#x27;s currently working on the new film <em>Meet, Greet &amp; Bye. </em></p><p>&quot;Honestly, it would be fake for me to say na it&#x27;s easy. It&#x27;s hard and it&#x27;s okay if it&#x27;s hard. May days kasi na parang I am doing two characters at once. Like I&#x27;m being my character there and at the same time I&#x27;m being Belle so feeling dun nagkaka-conflict na oh my god sino ba ako?&quot; she confessed.</p><p>Belle revealed that she sometimes gets so immersed in her role that she brings her character&#x27;s traits home with her.</p><p>&quot;Minsan nadadala ko &#x27;yung character ko sa bahay. Pagkausap ako ni mom eh yung character ko na si Geri medyo may pagka-boyish. Knowing me, sobrang kikay ko na babae tapos nadadala ko si Geri sa house, tapos sasabihin ng mom ko, &#x27;Uy Belle, huwag mo dalhin &#x27;yung character mo,&#x27; so parang iyon &#x27;yung medyo conflict sa akin,&quot; she said.</p><div><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DQjXGgJkwCZ/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&amp;igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA=="></a></div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DQjXGgJkwCZ/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A781608.9999999991%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="925" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" 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 <em>He&#x27;s Into Her</em> star also emphasized how essential rest is in between her workdays.</p><p>&quot;At the same time how do I put in rest in between my days, just like allot time to take care of myself. And I think that&#x27;s very important to take care of ourselves because I feel like if you have the time to actually just put in the effort to pay attention to yourself or give the needs that you want, or kung ano man kailangan mo, you can exude more in what you do, you can excel more in what you do, and you will be able to deliver mo in what you do,&quot; she highlighted.</p><p>She added: &quot;Most especially sa amin parang we have to exert so much effort. We are using our emotions. We are using our brains all the time na parang wait we need to pause and breathe.&quot;</p><p>Belle also talked about working alongside some of the country’s top artists in the movie <em>Meet, Greet &amp; Bye.</em></p><p>&quot;Being able to work with such amazing artists si Inay (Maricel Soriano), Papa P (Piolo Pascual), Joshua (Garcia), JK (Labajo), they are all so good in what they do, so parang at the same time may pressure sa side ko na oh my gosh kinakabahan ako. Ang gagaling nila talaga, as in mapapa-clap ka ng hands sa kanila pero ayun nga sabi ko oh my gosh kailangan best foot forward ka palagi, so A game dapat palagi,&quot; she said.</p>