I knew that if I wanted to be all I could be, I would have to go to the U.S. It took three years to get the accent right.
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When I first tried the American accent, for a moment I thought I could never be an actor because I just could not do it. But then I thought, 'Okay, it'll just be something that I work at until I get it.'
You can learn any accent you want. It's a fascinating thing.
Everybody wants to be American, it seems; I travel enough to know.
To cultivate an English accent is already a departure away from what you are.
When I arrived in L.A., I assumed I'd be able to put on the American accent. It proved difficult, so I had six months working with a dialect coach, and it's become a habit.
But I just know from experience that accent wise, even if you're an accent genius, crossing the Atlantic is the hardest thing in the world either way.
I was going to be living there and I didn't want to sound like a foreigner all my life.
It's so rare that I get to do something in my own accent in my own hometown.
I can do accents really well.
In the end, to do a good accent, you just have to be a good listener.
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