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My dad had such a cool job. When you're a voiceover actor, it's a whole different skill - you're bringing these huge, larger-than-life monsters and characters to life. And, also, you have to learn accents.

~Ashley Bell

Topics: Accents Actor Also Bringing Characters Cool Dad Different Had Huge Job Learn Life Monsters Skill Voiceover Whole You

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Mind you, if a blockbuster movie was offered, I wouldn't say no. I can do accents - I don't always have to be Scottish.

~Ashley Jensen

Topics: Accents Always Blockbuster Mind Movie Offered Say Scottish You I Can

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I love doing impressions and I love doing accents.

~Atticus Shaffer

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I love English girls! I adore all their different accents. Who knows, I could find a British girlfriend on my travels!

~Austin Butler

Topics: Accents Adore British Could Different English Find Girl Girlfriend Knows Love Travels Who I Love

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I've actually, very rarely have I worked in my own voice. I've played, I think, Russian, American, Northern from the North of England. All sorts of different accents I've worked in.

~Ben Barnes

Topics: Accents Actually American Different England My Own North Northern Own Played Rarely Russian Sort Think Very Voice Worked I Think

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Accents are always difficult in their way, but as long as you're not throwing an audience off with it, then that's all it should be.

~Ben Mendelsohn

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I wish I could adjust my voice, but it's just what's happened to me. It's because I've lived abroad for a long time, and my wife is English and my kids all have English accents, and every voice I hear is English. I've never intentionally changed my accent at all.

~Bill Bryson

Topics: Abroad Accent Accents Adjust Because Changed Could English Every Happened Hear Intentionally Just Kids Lived Long Long Time Me Never Time Voice Wife Wish I Wish

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I used to watch a lot of American and British television as a child, which helped teach me the language and accents; it was partly that which landed me the part of Roxy in a London production of 'Chicago' when I was 25.

~Birgitte Hjort Sorensen

Topics: Accents American British Chicago Child Helped Landed Language London Lot Me Part Partly Production Teach Television Used Watch Which

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My whole deal when I do accents or dialects is I gotta fool the locals. If I fool the locals then I've done my job.

~Brion James

Topics: Accents Deal Dialects Done Fool Gotta Job Then Whole

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I didn't really like my Sydney accent - nobody likes the sound of their own voice - and when I was a little younger tried to change my accent gradually. But I've only ever really lived in Sydney and Los Angeles, so I haven't been influenced by the accents of some far-off land.

~Callan Mcauliffe

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