Nadine Lustre

What's special about Nadine is not how great she works the camera, or even how her distinct cool girl aesthetic shines through in every spread. She's an artist ...

[I got really depressed](https://www.cosmo.ph/entertainment/nadine-lustre-leaving-the-country-for-good-depression-a4988-20211202?ref=article_hyperlink) and I wasn’t really sleeping,” she shares. And when it comes to her foray into YouTube, the actress is preparing to get even more real. “I see everyone else and I see the world as myself. “You don’t get enough sleep, you don’t get to play much…It was really difficult for me because I was under a lot of pressure. Be okay with it, as long as you know yourself, you know your worth, and you know how to drown out the noise.” I’m glad I went through that and I’m glad I didn’t have to do it alone,” she shares. Siargao is more of an escape for Nadine these days — she would grind non-stop in Manila for three weeks or more, and then run to Siargao for her two weeks of peace. It was when Nadine was living in Siargao that she realized she could get used to a more laidback and peaceful life, too — and be okay with it. Here, the actress shares, is where she learned to appreciate the art of a slower life. And clearly, the country and the world is still hungry for whatever Nadine still has to offer. In a season filled with family-friendly hits and comedy blockbusters, the fact that Deleter, an R-rated thriller, was the highest-grossing film in last year’s MMFF run (earning a [reported P234M in the box office](https://www.pep.ph/pepalerts/pep-troika/170762/mmff-2022-box-office-a4118-20230108), according to unofficial figures) is a testament that Nadine’s star power — beyond her old image of perennial rom-com leading lady and one-half of the country’s [most popular love teams](https://www.cosmo.ph/entertainment/filipino-celebrity-couples-started-as-love-teams-sa2513-20210501-src-candy?ref=article_hyperlink) — continues to shine brightly. “[In] August or September of last year, I kind of wanted to lie low with the whole entertainment industry and just do business.