#accents

When my grandfather died, I started adopting some of his accents, to sort of remind myself of him. A homage. He was a war hero, and he was really great with his hands. ↗

— Gavin DeGraw

#adopting #died #grandfather #great #hands

I love accents. ↗

— Claire Forlani

#i #i love #love

I worked the drive-through at McDonald's and tried out different accents - Italian, Russian, Irish. ↗

— James Franco

#different #i #irish #italian #mcdonald

I never found accents difficult, after learning languages. ↗

— Vivien Leigh

#after #difficult #found #i #languages

I actually love working with accents. I don't know, something about it unlocks something in me. It makes me concentrate on getting into character a little more, helps me find a focus. ↗

— Kevin McKidd

#accents #actually #character #concentrate #find

Accents are very tangible, blessedly, and if you have to do one, it's a way of getting into character. I can read it through a few times and pretend I know what I'm doing! ↗

— Emily Mortimer

#character #doing #few #getting #i

I like doing accents and I like learning as much as I can learn. ↗

— Jaime King

#doing #i #i can #learn #learning

Morris Weissman [on the phone, discussing casting for his movie]: "What about Claudette Colbert? She's British, isn't she? She sounds British. Is she, like, affected or is she British? ↗

— Julian Fellowes

#actors #affectations #british #claudette-colbert #clichés

He sucked his lips in an attempt not to laugh. "Aren't you Spanish?" She raised one arm in a salute. "Viva la Queen Isabella!" "I see. Then why are you speaking with a French accent? ↗

— Julia Quinn

#humor #humor

It can get a bit boring working on accents. ↗

— Kelly Macdonald

#bit #boring #get #working