I spent a lot of time in London when I was growing up and I've always picked up accents without even really meaning to. It used to get me into trouble as a child.
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I grew up in a lot of different places, so I pick up accents pretty quickly.
My family is from Liverpool, so I have some of those vowel sounds, I've got the slack tone of someone from Birmingham, and then I was raised in Bedford, which is just north of London. So my accent, if it's possible, makes even less sense to a Brit than to an American.
I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.
I know there are lots of regional accents in England, but I can't tell them apart and I'm not really aware of class. I don't pay any attention to those boundaries. I'm a California girl.
My accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with someone I didn't know.
My natural accent is American. I chose to speak with a U.K. accent when I was about to enter the final year at drama school in London. I was going to try to find a way to stay in the U.K. after I finished college and could not imagine trying to live and get work there with an American accent.
In England, we're around so much American culture and TV anyway, so it's an accent that's always in our ear.
When I went to London, they told me I spoke with a funny accent - English with a Chinese 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.
I never found accents difficult, after learning languages.