Manny Jacinto Is No Dummy—He Just Plays One on The Good Place Asian parents, or a lot of paren
Manny Jacinto Is No Dummy—He Just Plays One on The Good Place Asian parents, or a lot of parents in general, they have no idea what goes on in this industry. Mine were born in the Philippines, where it’s different, because it is about who you know, and who knows what you have to do to get to the top? So they had a lot of that skepticism. Everything they learn about Hollywood is from Hollywood. Whatever they learn about actors or movies is from what is portrayed in movies. So they had no idea. And I didn’t have anybody to really ask advice for, or look up to in my family. Everyone on my dad’s side, they’re all like engineers. They’re all very intellectual people. [My acting] came right out of the blue for them. Now, my dad is my biggest fan. This one story, this got me so much: We get merchandise from the team as a wrap gift at the end of each season, and one of the gifts was a baseball cap. My dad wears that baseball cap every day, whenever he’s out and about, running errands. I think it was last winter break where I had dinner with him and my mom. The hostess was kinda looking at me funny, and she came back and kinda looked at me again, gave me this weird eye, and she started—this is in Canada, Vancouver, Richmond specifically, so it’s a smaller town—and she’s like, “This might be a very weird question but are you…” And then my dad points his finger up, and points to the hat that he’s wearing, and he’s like, “This one?” And before I could even say anything, he interrupts and is like, “This show right here?” And the hostess is like, “Yes!” And then before I can really get anything out, my dad just goes off: “Oh yes he’s from The Good Place. Have you watched the show? Have you seen the whole season? Are you excited to meet him?” (x) -- source link
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