For me and accent work, I think once you've figured out where that energy is, where the sound is in your throat or your mouth, it's a whole lot easier to do.
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Voices are always a challenge. I always have to work at each accent I do.
To be honest, accents are one of those things for me, personally, that usually come quite naturally by just listening to the people.
I think when you have to train an accent, it just takes you absolutely into another spectrum of the character.
I actually love working with accents. I don't know, something about it unlocks something in me. It makes me concentrate on getting into character a little more, helps me find a focus.
Doing an accent removes you from yourself and reminds you, every instant, that you're playing a part.
One of the things that I'm realizing is that in voice-over work, you have to actually do more work with your facial muscles and your mouth. You have to kind of exaggerate your pronunciation a little bit more, whereas with live action, you can get away with mumbling sometimes.
If I can iron out my accent, it opens up another world of possible jobs. Whereas if you have that very strong European accent, it leaves you always being cast as the Hungarian maid or the stripper or whatever. I have voice lessons, and my coach has given me different tongue-twisters to rehearse at home.
Speaking is what most people work on. They forget the thinking and the breathing and instead try to occupy space with sound.
In the end, to do a good accent, you just have to be a good listener.
If you listen to the way I speak, I have a lot of rhythm, use a lot of accents. When I'm playing my instrument, that concept comes through very clearly.
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