Ben Nicholas

Ben: I think the writers (on Neighbours) are doing a great job with Scott's ADHD, I do worry that I'm doing ok portraying someone with ADHD, any issues like this can be difficult for those who are involved, as you know. I think it's important for everyone to know that we are all different and not everyone's life is as smooth as others. What's normal anyway? I think we are all a little different in our own way.

Ben: (explaining what the term 'Cake Taker' means) Cake taker is a replacement for a swear word, I can't say them on this site but along the lines of idiot or moron. Stingray is a character who would use lots of colourful language but this is Neighbours and the real words wouldn't be appropriate!

Ben: (explaining what the word 'Spiggin' means) Spiggin' is a great word, I don't use it though but I have heard others say it. It can have multiple meanings, it's like a replacement swear word (say maybe the S word), I can't really say much more than that on the this site but I'm sure you get the gist of it.

Ben: If I could work with any actor it would have to be Johnny Depp. He is cool.

Ben: (on playing a hyperactive character on "Neighbours") It's very hard to play a hyperactive character all the time, I try my best, but I end up collapsing at the end of the day.

Ben: (on his choice of dancing) I do Break Dancing and Funk, Jazz, Hip-Hop, Funk Tap and Musical Theatre. I am not really like 'Scott' in real life, although I can be pretty cheeky.

Ben: (on being recognised) It's really weird , all of a sudden people look at you differently, and end up doing 'double takes'. It's been very gradual, so you get to deal with it in small amounts.

Ben: I have mainly come from a theatre background, I did Oliver here I played the Artful Dodger and I did The Sound of Music. I've done a little bit of TV. I'm doing a little mini-series at the moment called Scooter.

Ben: (on the Sky/Stingray relationship on "Neighbours") Sky and Stingray have always just been really good friends, so this does come out of the blue. Steph and I felt a bit weird filming it because we have a brother and sister kind of relationship. We both started working on the show around the same time. This development takes the characters by surprise, too.

Ben: (describing his first scene on "Neighbours") My first scene was a streaking scene, I had to streak at a footy game, that's how I get introduced. That was my first scene on my first day! I did it in the middle of Optus oval and it was very cold. I was freezing, but everyone was really nice. I was really nervous, because I hadn't met anyone yet, but everyone was really cool about it.