To cultivate an English accent is already a departure away from what you are.
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In the end, to do a good accent, you just have to be a good listener.
I think when you have to train an accent, it just takes you absolutely into another spectrum of the character.
It's actually reassuring to see people struggling to do our accent instead of us constantly trying to emulate British or American accents, which we are always asked to do.
When you speak in another accent, it affects you. You can't help but be changed by it.
Doing an accent removes you from yourself and reminds you, every instant, that you're playing a part.
I can do accents really well.
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.
I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be held back.
You can learn any accent you want. It's a fascinating thing.
I understand English; I read and write English perfectly, but the accent won't go away.