Carlo Aquino: “Thankful ako sa pagtanggap niya sa akin na anak niya. Malaking malaking bagay iyon. Hindi siya nagdamot kahit isa na siyang Vilma Santos noon…Tinanggap niya ako, inalagaan niya kami ni Serena (Dalrymple) kaya sobrang thankful ako mommy na hanggang ngayon mahal mo ako…Malakas eh. Naging adult ako bigla,” he said in jest…Iba rin ‘yung pakiramdam nung time na ‘yun na ang kaeksena mo si Vilma Santos. ‘Yung hinihingi nga ni direk Chito (Roño) sa akin noon, pagkasampal, humarap ako kaagad. Hindi ako makaharap. Sobrang lakas pero kailangan mo humarap kaagad. Ang daming nangyayari, ang dami kong iniisip…Never nila pinaramdam na superior sila. Talagang kapag kailangan ko ng tulong or ni Serena ng tulong, nandiyan sila…” (ABS-CBS News, 18 May 2020)

Claudine Barretto: “I am really honored to be able to be a part of ‘Anak.’ Kung hindi niyo alam, Vilmanian talaga ako bata pa lang. For me, yun na ang ultimate dream come true ko. Sabi ko nga noon kay tita Malou (Santos) nung inoffer ang ‘Anak,’ okay na akong hindi mag-artista basta makasama si Ate Vi…I had the support of Ate Vi throughout the shooting. She never told me na, ‘Ito ang gagawin mo.’ Yung preparation ko is I had to step up and I really had to focus. Naintindihan ko sobra na kapag nanay ka, kahit ano talaga gagawin mo para sa anak mo. Especially si Ate Vi, kung hindi niyo alam is one of my mentors talaga. When I [was] going through my lowest talaga, nandoon siya…” (ABS-CBN News, 17 May 2020)

Kathryn Bernardo: “…Yes, a lot of times, but I’m good at hiding my feelings. I feel this especially with the senior actors. Kinikilig ako! I used to just watch them, but now I’m able to hug them, to bond with them….I would definitely feel starstruck with veteran actress, Vilma Santos…I hear a lot of stories about how it’s like to work with her, about how great an actress she is. I imagine that I won’t know how to react in front of her, too…” (Marinel Cruz, Philippine Daily Inquirer, 08 June 2020)

Rosa Rosal: “You know Vilma is really one of my favourites…at nuong pa talagang pinagmamalaki ko na ako’y talagang Vilmanian…naging 25 years na siya sa showbiz and the reason for this is because she is a very very good daughter, napakabait po niya na anak, napakabait na kapatid…and she is a wonderful person…alam ko marami sa inyo na hindi n’yo nakakaalam nito, alam ba niyo several times na I’ve been here in Damayan, pagkamayroon akong appeal, bigla-bigla na lamang may susulpot halimbawa, the next time I go on the air, na sasabihin na ganoon oh tita Rose padala ito ni Vilma Santos, I was so touch and siguro siya lang ang artistang nagganuon eh na sumasagot sa aking mga appeal…natatandaaan ko nung ikinasal siya tuwangtuwa ako, nung manganak siya bigla akong sumulpot sa Cardinal Santos, una kong nasilip si Lucky, when she got separated from Edu, I cried, I was hoping for a reconciliation and ofcourse aftwards they did reconciled but then again ngayon magkahiwalay na naman sila pero just to show you what kind of person she is look at the relationship that she has with Edu, and I think this is what makes Vilma, the Vilma Santos that well loved by everyone, so to you Vilma Happy 25th anniversary, I am sure you’ll be there for a long long time and may Gob bless you, not just personally but to everything that you do and also to your family.” (Vilma’s 25th Showbiz Anniversary, 13 Nov 1986)

Maja Salvador: “Hi Mommy Vi, ako po and inyong Baby, Baby April. Nagkasama po tayo sa MMK at hinding hindi ko po iyon makakalimutan dahil mas na-inspire po ako sa trabaho ko nang dahil po sa inyo. ‘Yun pong paguusap natin po sa set ng MMK dahil sobra-sobra po akong natutunan. Maraming-marami salamat po. kung anuman po ang mga na-achieve ko ngayon, isa po kayo sa mga dahilan nun at sana po maka-trabaho ko po kayo muli. I love you mommy.” (Magadang Buhay, November 2017)

Eugene Torre: “”I didn’t watch the premier. In fact, I just watched it in a theater somewhere in Bicol a year after it was released, but Vilma [Santos] is very professional, a good actress and she’s very kind. I don’t know if she will still remember me. It was a long, long time ago.” (Josef Ramos, Business Mirror, 25 April 2021)

Judy Ann Santos: “Sa totoo lang, hindi pa kami nakakapagusap ni Ate Vi kasi wala pang chance na magkaroon talaga kami ng moment na makapag-usap…Matagal ko ng nilalambing ‘yan sa Star Cinema, ang dami lang talagang ganap, kaya please! Please! Sana talaga matuloy [the movie project with Ate Vi]…Lagi ko talaga request kay Ms. Malou Santos na ‘Sana magkaroon ako ng movie with Ate Vi.’ Siya na lang kasi talaga yung hindi ko pa nakakasama. At parang kulang eh, kulang ang pagiging artista mo kapag hindi mo siya nakatrabaho. Lahat ata ng artista gusto talaga siya na makasama at isa ako doon. “Dapat maganda at isang obra yung materyal na ibibigay samin ng Kapamilya network.” She says she will make time for it when the right project comes along. “Ako kung ano ang i-offer ng Star Cinema sa akin, basta ready ako at maganda ang proyekto, bakit hindi Basta feeling nila kaya kong itawid, gagawin ko. I trust Star Cinema with so many things, naghihintay lang naman ako ng magandang istorya.” (Vance Madrid, Lionheartv.net, June 2017)