This multi-talented girl has been many things in the entertainment business: TV show host, VJ, singer and actress. Nowadays she’s mostly remembered as the lively host of popular entertainment news programme, Doa Krajai, on Modern Nine TV. Nadia Nimitvanich now turns to education with her latest Sis to Sis for Life Project (www.vjnadia.com).

I’ve been molded by stage arts.

It’s exhausting, but stage arts allow you to develop your skills more. It takes more body and voice strength, artistic beauty and emotional power.
I like the stage because it’s live.

The basics of stage and TV performance are the same: it’s humanity. It’s a kind of psychological study. Before we perform, we have to know who the character is and we have to understand that person.

We have to know how to control the level of body movement and expression: not too much on TV, not too little on stage. It’s important that the audiences get the same emotional impact.

It’s the same with being a host, you have to make the audience feel that you are really talking to them. They have to feel your presence.

I have always admired Meryl Streep. Many people suspect that those who play mad characters are more talented than those who play ordinary people, but Streep’s talent really shines even when playing characters from ordinary walks of life. Once she’s wrapped in her character, her transformation is total.

She is my inspiration. I used to prefer playing in romantic comedies and I was too lazy to try to change. But when I see her, I feel I have to improve.

Many actors just play themselves in every movie.

I never thought of becoming a star, but I chose to study Dramatic Arts because it’s in my character to perform and learn, not just focus on books.

My first TV job was the host of Phasa Thai Nai Jor. I think part of the reason I got the job was because I spoke Thai clearly. But when I started the work, I realized my spoken Thai still had a lot of room for improvement.

It’s essential to speak clearly and correctly to be a host or reporter.

One has to improve to be of use to one’s self and to society. If a society is full of people of a high quality, it will become a civilized society.

I started my self-improvement workshop Sis to Sis for Life because I want to encourage people to improve. But no one has to be like me, each can develop according to his nature.

Kids nowadays seem very confident, but if you look closely, they lack a core of life experience. Many lack self-respect and cling to stars or singers as role models. They don’t know what they want or what might suit them.

What I am doing is making study fun, by mixing entertainment with knowledge. You don’t learn how to play football from a book: isn’t it better to go into the field and start kicking about?

Many people define studying as going to school and reading books, but for me everywhere is a school.

I like to talk to talented people as I gain a lot of useful knowledge just from casual conversations.

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