Te Kaea

Published in Happyzine Winter 2008

Happyzine Wild Youth Profile:  Te Kaea Beri

Age: Nineteen

What do you love to do?

Acting! Doing what I’m passionate about.  It’s always been the only thing that I have wanted to do and I get such a thrill out of it.  I’ve just got my first acting gig since finishing school, so I’m really excited about having the opportunity to do something I love every day. 

How does that feel?

I’m so happy it’s starting to happen.  It’s really hard to get your foot in the door.   It’s all about contacts in this industry … and luck …and of course talent.  It’s my first professional acting job so as you can imagine I’m stoked.

Who or what makes you happy?

My friends and family of course!  Good times.  Food! 

What or who gets you through the hard times?  How?

My close family and friends who are with me one hundred per cent at the moment.  These people are really obvious now.  They make the hard times easy.  Like, if I’m down because nothings coming up for me, they’re like, come on!  It’s gonna happen!   It’s hard in all industries I know, but its just nice knowing that I have people behind me cheering me on!  It’s funny, you go through life (primary school and college) and you’ve got a huge circle of friends then suddenly you get to this stage now, where you’re all out doing your own thing, whether its having fun and partying or studying and getting a career happening, and it’s amazing who you still want to have in your life and who you want to surround yourself with.  I really only have a few close friends who are really important to me.  It’s amazing how things change.  It’s bizarre isn’t it?

What do you dream of and what steps have you taken towards your dream?

Oh God.  My dreams are big.  I wanna be an amazing actress.  I want to be a huge actress!  I want to be acting in Hollywood and England.  I’m kind of self-creating at the moment.  I’m looking at setting up some of my own projects.  There are some shows that I’m looking at doing, and also some business ideas I’m looking into.   I do workshops, as many as I can and am still training anyway I can! Basically, I’m putting myself out there, cause opportunities can arise from any situation so you have to be open to that happening and allowing it to happen.

What’s one thing you’d like to say to other youth about how to enjoy being young?

I think it’s about enjoying, but not over indulging!  So do what you want but still think about tomorrow!  So if you wanna drink every night, that’s cool, but remember, you’ll have a hang over in the morning!  Everything has its consequences. 

What’s one thing you’d like to say to the world about being young?

Being young is fun!  Don’t shake your heads at us.  Let us enjoy our time being young!

Tags: acting, dreams