What makes Jett laugh?

Iconic rock performer Jett Pangan will play Professor Callahan in Legally Blonde, the Musical.  Jett has appeared in numerous Atlantis Productions such as Spring Awakening, Disney’s Beauty and The Beast, Baby, Dreamgirls, The Rocky Horror Show and Tick, Tick, Boom! Based on the hit movie starring Reese Witherspoon, Legally Blonde, the Musical will take you from the social whirl of California campus life to Harvard’s Halls of Justice with a bright, new heroine Elle Woods (and of course, her chihuahua, Bruiser).  Legally Blonde cemented Reese’s superstar status in Hollywood. Directed by Chari Arespacochaga, Legally Blonde, the Musical runs from June 25 to July 18 at the Meralco Theater. For details, call Atlantis Productions at 892-7078 or 840-1187.

1. What other talent would you like to have aside from music and acting and why?

I want to be a really good skateboarder. I can’t go 50 yards on the damn thing without potentially falling off and hurting myself.

2. In your opinion, what is the worst thing about being an actor? The best?

Worst: Forgetting your lines. Best: Everything else.

3. Are you afraid of getting old?

The only thing I fear about getting old is forgetting things, especially great moments.

4. What was the best thing said about you?

Somebody once called me a “renaissance man” because of all the artistic stuff I’m into and my engineering degree. Wow, maybe I should invent something like that Da Vinci guy…

5. When do you consider ambition healthy?

It’s always good to set a goal for yourself, as long as it doesn’t hurt people along the way.

6. What is the question you have been asked most often? And the question you hate most?

Most hated question: “When will your band, The Dawn, reunite?” We reunited like, 10 years ago! We’ve done five albums and a million shows since! Asked most often: “When did The Dawn start?”

7. How well do you understand women?

Well, enough to know not to piss them off when it’s that time of the month.

8. What childish thing do you still do as an adult?

I still roughhouse with my 11-year-old son, and I still end up getting hurt.

9. How do you pray?

I ask for a LOT of forgiveness.

10. If you were a movie or a play what would its title be?

Die Hard, The Musical

11. What color describes your life? Why?

Red. It’s a fighting color, and I’m a fighter.

12. If you are Superman, who is your Superwoman?

My wife, bar none.

13. What is your greatest fear?

Pitch-dark roads.

14. What makes you laugh?

I laugh at my own silliness and clumsiness. I laugh at anything ridiculous, which also includes me. And I laugh hard at all of Leslie Nielsen’s movies.

15. Your greatest influence as an actor?

Let’s make that my greatest teacher: Michael de Mesa.

16. Who are your top and best film actors of all time?

Gary Oldman, Al Pacino, Robert De Niro, Bruce Willis (yep, that’s right), Sean Penn, Meryl Streep. And Leslie Nielsen.

17. What is the most romantic place on earth for you and why?

San Francisco. My wife and I had a peacefully great time there.

18. The best gift you have ever received from a loved one?

A Breitling watch my wife gave me more than 10 years ago. Still looks and works like new.

19. What role would you not play?

That which attacks my faith in God. A role that questions it is OK, but to disrespect it, no thanks.

20. Who is your favorite singer? Why? Your least favorite?

Bono, because U2 is the greatest rock band on earth and his voice just moves me. Least favorite? H’wag na lang, hehe. But anybody who can barely stay in tune for five seconds in a professional band should take voice lessons.

21. If you were a tree, what would you be? Why?

A 100-year-old Acacia tree. Virtually indestructible, and provides a good shade!

22. What is your philosophy in life?

Don’t sweat the small stuff.

23. Your biggest regret?

I wasn’t there when my father breathed his last.

24. If you were gay, who would you wish for a boyfriend?

Leslie Nielsen. Oh, what a laugh it would be!

25. The most photogenic face in the world?

Isabella Rossellini in her younger years.

26. If you were a fictional character, who would you be? Why?

Bruce Wayne or Tony Stark. Any debonair rich guy who fights baddies with cool gadgets.

27. Where do you think you would go? Heaven or hell? Why?

Heaven, and I do hope to God He thinks the same way.

28. Who is the most beautiful person in the world and why?

My wife. Really. Her heart was made by an angel.

29. Write your epitaph?

Here lies a guy who was blessed with so much love. He embraces all that love to the next phase.