#accent

Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common. ↗

— Gloria Swanson

#beautiful #common #gifted #had #lots

I've been online doing all kinds of research and that seems to be the constant criticism, that Aibileen's accent was just too thick. And for me, I don't want anything to distract from the character. ↗

— Viola Davis

#anything #been #character #constant #criticism

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. ↗

— Joel Edgerton

#becomes #behind #do you know #enough #find

We all had to learn Southern accents. It wasn't a big research show. With the 'Wounded Knee' project, I locked myself in my apartment with history books so I would know what we're talking about. ↗

— Anna Paquin

#accents #apartment #big #books #had

I walk around talking to myself in accents. Usually people look at me like I'm a complete fruit loop. ↗

— Eddie Redmayne

#around #complete #fruit #i #like

Maybe we've been brainwashed by 130 years of Yankee history, but Southern identity now has more to do with food, accents, manners, music than the Confederate past. It's something that's open to both races, a variety of ethnic groups and people who move here. ↗

— John Shelton Reed

#been #both #brainwashed #confederate #ethnic

Unless it's a specific accent, or something about physicality you have to change, I am generally not such a conscious actor. ↗

— Christina Ricci

#accent #actor #am #change #conscious

My accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with someone I didn't know. ↗

— Lawrence Welk

#any #conversation #hard #i #initiate

My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say I still speak with a slight accent, I have reached the top of the acting profession. ↗

— Arnold Schwarzenegger

#acting #became #businessman #came #dreams

An agent once told me that if I would lose my English accent, I would never stop working in America. ↗

— Jane Seymour

#agent #america #english #i #lose