#accent

My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent. ↗

— Naveen Andrews

#any #conscious #conscious decision #decision #i

The foreign accent was a promise, and indeed, all over the country, European imports added spice to the sciences, the arts, and other areas. What one had to give was not considered inferior to what one received. ↗

— Rudolf Arnheim

#added #areas #arts #considered #country

I actually had a cockney accent before I went to drama school. It's softened up a bit. ↗

— Gemma Arterton

#actually #before #bit #cockney #drama

I do have a Mexican accent, but that doesn't mean that I'm a Latin vamp. ↗

— Salma Hayek

#i #i do #latin #mean #mexican

Work on the accent, it will enliven the whole. ↗

— Pierre Bonnard

#whole #will #work

I'm in four different films this year, and I have four different accents. I sound different in every film. You have to love a character to play it well, and change in my work is what I want. ↗

— Robert Carlyle

#change #character #different #every #film

I would quite like to do a different accent or play something so different from myself because Olivia, the character I play in this film, is similar to me. ↗

— Charlotte Church

#because #character #different #film #i

I took acting and elocution lessons, to get rid of my Sicilian accent. ↗

— Maria Grazia Cucinotta

#acting #get #i #lessons #rid

But on average, I go to the gym about four or five times a week. Today, I'm so experienced in training - I'm actually listening to my body now. My body needs freedom. When I train I create serenity and I produce oxygen in my blood. It helps me to think better and relax. By training, you accentuate the problem. ↗

— Jean Claude Van Damme

#accentuate #actually #average #better #blood

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. ↗

— Anita Diament

#acting #alternative #beautiful #history #i