Anyone that has come to America past the age of eighteen will be able to understand when I say that you can never shake your accent.
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America is remarkable, don't you think so? When I came to Washington, I was twelve years old. I spoke English with an English accent. It was assumed that it would go on in that way.
I have a strong accent; it limits the roles, of course it does. I guess if I had moved to America a long time ago maybe my accent would have got less.
To be honest, it's easier for me to speak with an American accent.
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.
The great thing about not being American is that you don't assume you know what a Southern accent sounds like, so you have to be specific.
The accent got lost somewhere along the way. I'm a little embarrassed about it. When I arrived in LA 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.
Don't let the American accent fool you. I am British.
A youthful American voice isn't particularly challenging - I've been a young American, and they're all around me. I can walk from my house to Barrington High School.
I'm completely Americanized - I have an American accent, an American wife - but a residue of me is foreign.
No one can understand my accent!
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