Ashni Anand, 13, Student
"I joined because I used to do musical theatre and I did a lot of acting classes, but my dad would always get upset about me because I didn't think about what I was acting. They'll just give me a script and [I'll] just act. So my dad want me to be more strategic when I performed on stage, so that's why I'm here.
I love performing because I really like being in the limelight, I don't know why. I like being in the centre of attention, it's very fun for me, because I love being dramatic, I don't know why, but that's just me, my personality.
One challenge that I think I'm really gonna have to overcome is that I'm one of the youngest here, and I'm going to be performing for people who are like older than twenty, so it's gonna be really scary 'cos normally when I'm performing I'm with a group of people, and I'm with maybe people around my age, but now I'm with people who are older than me, and not like a little older, like really really a large gap older than me. So I think I'm really gonna have to try to mingle a bit, try to make some friends, and see what connections I can do and make, so I can have someone, you know, by my back during the competition.
I think that for aspiring actors, it's really important to remember that, just have courage, because you're always gonna say I can't do this and all that. That's always false, because you always can, you just need the mentality that you can."
"I joined because I used to do musical theatre and I did a lot of acting classes, but my dad would always get upset about me because I didn't think about what I was acting. They'll just give me a script and [I'll] just act. So my dad want me to be more strategic when I performed on stage, so that's why I'm here.
I love performing because I really like being in the limelight, I don't know why. I like being in the centre of attention, it's very fun for me, because I love being dramatic, I don't know why, but that's just me, my personality.
One challenge that I think I'm really gonna have to overcome is that I'm one of the youngest here, and I'm going to be performing for people who are like older than twenty, so it's gonna be really scary 'cos normally when I'm performing I'm with a group of people, and I'm with maybe people around my age, but now I'm with people who are older than me, and not like a little older, like really really a large gap older than me. So I think I'm really gonna have to try to mingle a bit, try to make some friends, and see what connections I can do and make, so I can have someone, you know, by my back during the competition.
I think that for aspiring actors, it's really important to remember that, just have courage, because you're always gonna say I can't do this and all that. That's always false, because you always can, you just need the mentality that you can."