Davika Hoorne Marks First Wedding Anniversary, Reflects on Career

One year has passed since leading actress Davika Hoorne, known as Mai, married rising actor Chantavit Dhanasevi, known as Tor. She recently opened up about her first year of marriage and shared thoughts on sustaining her career as the industry transforms.

Asked how she keeps her career graph rising year after year, Mai replied: "Right now I don't think about the graph going up. I just want to stay steady, have work, have enough money — that's enough. We don't really know where things are going; the era has changed so much. Every day is a new generation, the year of the kids, the year of new actors emerging. We've been around a long time. So I don't ask to soar; I just ask for work, to do what I love, have good opportunities come in, and still have money to spend. That's okay."

On whether she worries about the shift away from traditional television, she said: "Not worried, but I adapt. Like Grandma Waranart — I keep adapting. At first there were no apps, no internet, then internet came, and I had to manage social media. From managing social media and news by reading newspapers, now everything is on the phone. It's changed a lot; you have to adapt. Today isn't even a new era anymore — it's the younger generation's era."

When asked where she positions herself amid the changes, Mai said: "That's one of life's questions: give up or keep going? If you give up and accept you can't keep up, that's fine. Or you go where the kids go. Like Jenzi, Mom goes to the top of the lotus, Mom goes to Pak Khlong Talat to make content. It's about whether we still enjoy it, whether we still have the drive. I answer: I still have the drive, I still enjoy it, I still like this kind of thing."

On whether trends sweep her along, she explained: "Everything comes gradually, not all at once. You slowly realize, 'Oh, this trend is coming,' and you start blending in bit by bit, like soaking in. Mostly it's not a massive culture shock. But you must keep your own identity — not change completely. It's about being yourself in a way that works with them, with the younger generation, with new productions, with roles that may need adjusting — and doing it with happiness and acceptance. Mai says life is okay."

Asked if she wants more fame or feels she's peaked, she said: "That's about contentment in the heart. If we're content with what we have — like me, I've been content for a long time. It feels beyond my dreams already. So I don't want more than this. I just want to live the way I want, do what I want, have the amount of loved ones I'm happy with and can care for, work with people who see me and love me, and stay with the circle that makes me happy. That makes my life sustainable. I don't like chasing curves or big waves — it's exhausting, too risky."

On whether she ever chased those waves, she admitted: "I have. There was a period when life had a lot of drama, a lot of hype. That was a very suffering time because I was young, my heart wasn't steady, it went everywhere, had no anchor. But growing up, I felt calmer. And having a husband who's practically a monk made me even calmer. Life feels so full. He fills me up, brings coolness. He's like a slot in my life that lets me slow down. There's happiness, no competition, no overthinking. It feels like a good chapter. And choosing work now, I pick what I truly feel like doing and can do well."