You can't do Shakespeare with a Southern accent, honey.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
Shakespeare's language does not require a British accent. It requires a facility with language, and that's all.
I, on the other hand, have a bit of a southern accent.
I had a Southern accent but I had broken it so hard.
A Southern accent is not a club in my bag.
If you can read, then you can recite Shakespeare. But that's not acting.
I'm one of those people that feels that Americans that shouldn't do Shakespeare... The rhythms of the English language and the mannerisms of the English speech seems to work effortlessly with William Shakespeare, but when Americans do it, something seems stuck.
I've had battles with writers who live in L.A. and were writing southern characters, because they felt like if they wrote 'Sugar' and 'Honey' at the end of every sentence, that would make it southern.
You never get the Shakespeares right. It's not possible.
Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker for the accent.
I think anything sounds good with a Southern accent.