The tricky thing becomes: Do you know yourself well enough to then portray that on screen? And for me, I find that really hard. I'd rather hide behind accents and funny walks.
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As actors, we get to hide. You can change your hair and your accent, and it's not you. You have tricks, these masks.
Accents can be a great tool to tell a story - but if you do it wrong, it pulls you right out of the movie.
The odd thing is if you asked me to do the accent now I would find it very difficult unless I was also playing that part, because I associate it so much with entering into the role and stepping into someone else's shoes.
Unless it's a specific accent, or something about physicality you have to change, I am generally not such a conscious actor.
As an actor, I am careless with the way I look on screen.
I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.
As an actor, I think it's really important to be as anonymous as possible. It's your job to convince people that you are somebody else, and so any recognition I'd get away from the screen - well, it's not something I actively seek. To be honest with you, I'm surprised anybody does.
I think American audiences are open to people with accents and different nationalities being on the screen.
No one understands my accent. I'm constantly going to auditions and being told they don't like how I talk. You have to live with criticism, and I don't take it personally.
Accents are very easy for me. With me, it's clothing and makeup and hair and all that stuff that inform how the character moves and feels.