(referring to the opportunity of the "Whale Rider" movie) Keisha: I've always wanted to be an actor. But I think recently I changed my decision. I thought 'I can't be an actor, I can't'. Then this film came up and it was like someone saying to me, 'You can, don't give up'.
(about the moment she discovered she got the role of Pai in the movie "Whale Rider") Keisha: I was just speechless, I didn't know what to say. About two hours later I was running around the hotel just screaming. I was so overwhelmed!
(about what she to be when she is older) Keisha: I want to be a science teacher. My friends asked me why, but I'm intrigued by it and I'm quite good at science at school.
(about her privacy) Keisha: Your private life should be private. I reckon that's a good thing that you talk about your work and you talk about what you're doing, but without having to go into how your brother's been and how your mum's been because none of that's really relevant.
(about being interviewed during Oscar time) Keisha: For four weeks straight I didn't know what I was doing. It was like I had this little tape in my head and I'd sit there and they all would ask the exact same thing and I'd hit play and I'd be like, 'Blah, blah...' in this monotone and they'd be like, 'Are you okay, dear?'
Keisha: [on Whale Rider] Watching that film made me proud to be a New Zealander.
Keisha: I'd always wanted to act but it wasn't just that, it was because all the ladies wore pretty dresses.
Her father is Tim Castle and works as a a sheet-metal worker. Her mother is named Desrae. Her parents are currently separated.
Her first movie was the 2002 movie Whale Rider where Keisha played the role of Paikea.
She has been learning Maori dances since she was 6.
Keisha is the older of three. She was two brothers: Rhys and Liam. Rhys is now also an actor in a New Zealand TV series.
She is the youngest actress ever to be nominated for a Best Actress Academy Award for her nomination in 2004, when she was only 13.
In October 2006, it was revealed that Keisha and her boyfriend of three years were expecting a child.
Keisha was offered a role in the drama movie The Nativity Story.
She filmed all of her Star Wars: Revenge of the Sith scenes in just one day.
Keisha is a fan of Julia Roberts and Johnny Depp (she meet him at the 76th Academy Award).
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