Tori Kelly credited as playing...
Meena
- Buster Moon: [Hears Meena singing 'Hallelujah' on her headphones] You think you can sing like that? In front of an audience?
- Meena: I don't know. But I'd like to try.
- Buster Moon: Good. Because I want to see it.
- [after Buster goes back to sleep, Meena knocks and opens the slide door]
- Meena: Mr. Moon?
- Buster Moon: [in his sleep] Meena, please.
- Meena: I baked a cake for you 'cause... Well, I know you're sad right now and probably afraid to try again and...
- Buster Moon: [gets up] Yeah, I am afraid. I'm afraid that this... This, me, right now, this is who I am. This is-this is my lot for life. That I'm not the guy that my dad wanted me to be. Not by a million miles.
- Meena: But you told me...
- Buster Moon: [interrupts] What? What did I say?
- Meena: Well, you know... "Don't let fear stop you from doing the thing you love."
- Buster Moon: [groans] That's just a bunch of stupid, corny...
- Meena: No, it's not.
- Buster Moon: What? You really believe that you're gonna be a singer?
- Meena: Well, yeah, maybe...
- Buster Moon: [snapped] WELL, THEN YOU'RE JUST AS BIG A FOOL THAN I AM!
- [Meena gasps quietly]
- Buster Moon: Look, kid... you and me, we're both afraid for good reason. 'Cause deep down, we know... We just don't have what it takes.
- [Buster looks down to the ground. Broken-hearted, Meena sets down the cake in frustration and runs away]
- Meena's Mother: [comforting Meena after she fails to sing at Buster Moon's audition] Oh, honey, please don't cry. You are not a failure. There'll be other chances, you just...
- Meena's Grandfather: Bah! The heck, there will!
- Meena's Mother: Dad, please.
- Meena's Grandfather: Come on! Don't you want this?
- Meena: Well, sure, but I messed it up.
- Meena's Grandfather: Then you gotta go back there tomorrow and say, Mr. Moon, I demand you let me re-audition! Be confident! Show 'em you ain't gonna be pushing around! You got that, Meena?
- Meena: Um...
- Meena's Grandfather: Good. Now go get my cocoa.