Turning 23 years old this coming February 14, Heart Evangelista seems to have become more mature with regards to her decisions in life and in her career.
During a conversation with the press after the media junket for the Sunday afternoon show Your Song: Muntik na Kitang Minahal at the 9501 restaurant in ABS-CBN compound last January 29, Heart said that she is not open to play any type of roles in television as well as in movies.
"I do have parang mga preferences, like I choose certain roles lang," said Heart. "Before anything else, I'm sure people are gonna ask me, ‘Why? What for? You did it in Panday, you did it in ganyan...' I didn't do a love scene in Panday, but I did do a kissing scene.
"At that time, it's different because I was rebelling with my family. I just wanted to do all the wrong things, you know. Because I wanted their attention. I was so mad with the world," she explained.
The young actress clarified that she is aware of the consequences of her decision. She said, "Now kasi it's different and I don't wanna do a kissing scene, I don't want to do a bed scene. I mean, puwedeng suggested, ganyan, that's fine. Hindi naman puwedeng talagang wala, di ba, parang ano naman 'to? It's okay na suggested."
Heart believes that there are other actresses who are more willing to do the job. She explained, "Like what I've said in the other interviews, there are so many gorgeous women na they're willing to do everything. Now, why would they... Parang it's hard to tailor, you know, a certain show for me. So I'm just waiting for it. I'll just let them all do everything first and then, if there's a nice role for me, then that's it."
When asked why she made such decision for her career, Heart answered, "First and foremost, now that my family and I are together, parang for me, yeah, they don't want me to do it. And, of course, I have to consider nga my family."
After more than a year of misunderstanding, Heart finally reconciled with her father, restaurant magnate Reynaldo Ongpauco, last September.
FROM STAR MAGIC TO GENESIS. After deciding not to renew her contract with Star Magic (formerly known as ABS-CBN Talent Center), Heart and boyfriend Jericho Rosales signed a contract with Manila Genesis Entertainment, Inc., headed by Angeli Pangilinan-Valenciano, to manage their career. In a TV interview, Heart said that her decision to move to Genesis was not just to overhaul her career, but also for her personal life.
Her transfer resulted in a little misunderstanding with Star Magic's head Mr. Johnny Manahan. However, Heart clarified during the interview that she and Mr. Manahan have already patched things up.
She said, "Whenever I see Mr. [Johnny Manahan], I've so many things that I wanted to tell him because I was so young then, you know. I just wanna make up for certain things. And I miss them, I miss them all, you know."
Heart also said that she never thought of the transfer as a wrong decision for her career. "I don't think it was wrong [to move to Genesis], but I don't think it was right that I left Talent Center," she said.
She added, "Everything was like leaving Talent Center and siyempre when you're not in Talent Center, which is... really parang sila yung priority ng [ABS-CBN]. You know, you don't get the projects right away. With Genesis, you really have to work it out. You know, you have to work things out, you have to discuss things."
The young actress also took the decision as a turning point in her life as a whole, "But in a way, at that point in my life, [it] wasn't like I didn't know what to do. So even if you say that it was wrong that I did this, it was right that I did this, whatever... I'm just glad that it all happened, wrong or right, because I don't know who I would have been if I was the same person before."
Nonetheless, Heart does recognize the efforts of Star Magic for her career. She said, "[Talent Center] really treated me very well. They really made things for me, they really did. That's why I understand what happened before. I mean, even if you said that I was rebelling, there was a little bit of justification there. What I did, I should have thought of it. But then again, just like what I've said, it all worked for the best."