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Accent Quotes

Ordinary people who know nothing of phonetics or elocution have difficulties in understanding slow speech composed of perfect sounds, while they have no difficulty in comprehending an imperfect gabble if only the accent and rhythm are natural Picture Quote #1

I consider social skills a bit like learning a language. I’ve been practising it for so long over so many years I’ve almost lost my accent Picture Quote #1

Doing an accent removes you from yourself and reminds you, every instant, that you’re playing a part Picture Quote #1

Language development, for instance, has a critical period that begins in infancy and ends between eight years and puberty. After this critical period closes, a person’s ability to learn a second language without an accent is limited. In fact, second languages learned after the critical period are not processed in the same part of the brain as is the native tongue Picture Quote #1

When a person has an accent, it means he can speak one more language than you Picture Quote #1

I’m an actor, in particular, that likes to have a mask or something that can help me distance myself from the character. Like the moustache or an accent Picture Quote #1

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The accent today is on results, not on how well you work. You can’t build a skyscraper in a day, but you can build a shack Picture Quote #1

I don’t judge people by their accent, or how they word things, or how grammatically correct their speech is. Some of the smartest men in the world couldn’t spell. I judge a person by their character Picture Quote #1

I can’t do an accent unless I’m on the set. I forget how to do it until I’m on the set Picture Quote #1

In my normal life, I do not speak with an accent. It’s harder for people to realize my hearing loss in everyday life Picture Quote #1

When you speak in another accent, it affects you. You can’t help but be changed by it Picture Quote #1

I feel like I’m kind of faking something if I’m talking as myself and putting on an accent Picture Quote #1

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I’m more of a mimic. My accent tends to drift to where ever I am Picture Quote #1

As soon as I suspect a fine effect is being achieved by accident I lose interest. I am not interested...in unskilled labor....The scientific actor is an even worker. Any one may achieve on some rare occasion an outburst of genuine feeling, a gesture of imperishable beauty, a ringing accent of truth; but your scientific actor knows how he did it. He can repeat it again and again and again. He can be depended on Picture Quote #1

I was always amazed the way people would come in looking one way and transform completely to the point where I couldn’t recognize their language, their accent, the way they looked, their hair, their face even changed becoming so inside of the character Picture Quote #1

The mind may be reluctant to think properly when thinking is all it is supposed to do; the task can be as paralysing as having to tell a joke or mimic an accent on demand Picture Quote #1

I have to say that, though it sounds so superficial, the accent really does help. I like having accents preparing for a part Picture Quote #1

No matter what your native tongue is, no matter what part of the world you’re from, if your native tongue is distorted with an accent, somehow that’s always funny Picture Quote #1

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Funny enough, every role that I have had, I try to tone down my accent or speak with better diction Picture Quote #1

The trick is not to get too fanatical about getting the accent too accurate because then that becomes a mask. What I try to do is just painting and sketching some of the sounds without obliterating my own voice Picture Quote #1

My music has a little hint of down south but I don’t have a down south accent. I guess it’s just the beat selection that puts me in a down south mind frame Picture Quote #1

Unless it’s a specific accent, or something about physicality you have to change, I am generally not such a conscious actor Picture Quote #1

Sometimes you forget where the heck you are but when you get on stage, you know by the look on the people’s faces and the accent in their voices where you might be Picture Quote #1

The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech Picture Quote #1

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The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech Picture Quote #1

I don’t understand why the accent you speak in has to indicate what level of intellect you have Picture Quote #1

In the end, perhaps we should simply imagine a joke; a long joke that’s continually retold in an accent too thick and strange to ever be completely understood. Life is that joke my friends. The soul is the punch line Picture Quote #1

I was kidnapped by aliens, they came down from outer space with ray guns, but I fooled them by wearing a wig and laughing in a foreign accent, and I escaped Picture Quote #1

Anyone that has come to America past the age of eighteen will be able to understand when I say that you can never shake your accent Picture Quote #1

Accents are funny in that they have this odd draw for us, yet we forget we have one, too. No one is without an accent, but the one you’ve got seems like oatmeal to their caviar Picture Quote #1

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Ordinary people who know nothing of phonetics or elocution have difficulties in understanding slow speech composed of perfect sounds, while they have no difficulty in comprehending an imperfect gabble if only the accent and rhythm are natural (Accent Quotes) I consider social skills a bit like learning a language. I’ve been practising it for so long over so many years I’ve almost lost my accent (Accent Quotes) Doing an accent removes you from yourself and reminds you, every instant, that you’re playing a part (Accent Quotes) Language development, for instance, has a critical period that begins in infancy and ends between eight years and puberty. After this critical period closes, a person’s ability to learn a second language without an accent is limited. In fact, second languages learned after the critical period are not processed in the same part of the brain as is the native tongue (Accent Quotes) When a person has an accent, it means he can speak one more language than you (Accent Quotes) I’m an actor, in particular, that likes to have a mask or something that can help me distance myself from the character. Like the moustache or an accent (Accent Quotes) The accent today is on results, not on how well you work. You can’t build a skyscraper in a day, but you can build a shack (Accent Quotes) I don’t judge people by their accent, or how they word things, or how grammatically correct their speech is. Some of the smartest men in the world couldn’t spell. I judge a person by their character (Accent Quotes) I can’t do an accent unless I’m on the set. I forget how to do it until I’m on the set (Accent Quotes) In my normal life, I do not speak with an accent. It’s harder for people to realize my hearing loss in everyday life (Accent Quotes) When you speak in another accent, it affects you. You can’t help but be changed by it (Accent Quotes) I feel like I’m kind of faking something if I’m talking as myself and putting on an accent (Accent Quotes) I’m more of a mimic. My accent tends to drift to where ever I am (Accent Quotes) As soon as I suspect a fine effect is being achieved by accident I lose interest. I am not interested...in unskilled labor....The scientific actor is an even worker. Any one may achieve on some rare occasion an outburst of genuine feeling, a gesture of imperishable beauty, a ringing accent of truth; but your scientific actor knows how he did it. He can repeat it again and again and again. He can be depended on (Accent Quotes) I was always amazed the way people would come in looking one way and transform completely to the point where I couldn’t recognize their language, their accent, the way they looked, their hair, their face even changed becoming so inside of the character (Accent Quotes) The mind may be reluctant to think properly when thinking is all it is supposed to do; the task can be as paralysing as having to tell a joke or mimic an accent on demand (Accent Quotes) I have to say that, though it sounds so superficial, the accent really does help. I like having accents preparing for a part (Accent Quotes) No matter what your native tongue is, no matter what part of the world you’re from, if your native tongue is distorted with an accent, somehow that’s always funny (Accent Quotes) Funny enough, every role that I have had, I try to tone down my accent or speak with better diction (Accent Quotes) The trick is not to get too fanatical about getting the accent too accurate because then that becomes a mask. What I try to do is just painting and sketching some of the sounds without obliterating my own voice (Accent Quotes) My music has a little hint of down south but I don’t have a down south accent. I guess it’s just the beat selection that puts me in a down south mind frame (Accent Quotes) Unless it’s a specific accent, or something about physicality you have to change, I am generally not such a conscious actor (Accent Quotes) Sometimes you forget where the heck you are but when you get on stage, you know by the look on the people’s faces and the accent in their voices where you might be (Accent Quotes) The accent of a man’s native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech (Accent Quotes) The accent of one’s birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one’s speech (Accent Quotes) I don’t understand why the accent you speak in has to indicate what level of intellect you have (Accent Quotes) In the end, perhaps we should simply imagine a joke; a long joke that’s continually retold in an accent too thick and strange to ever be completely understood. Life is that joke my friends. The soul is the punch line (Accent Quotes) I was kidnapped by aliens, they came down from outer space with ray guns, but I fooled them by wearing a wig and laughing in a foreign accent, and I escaped (Accent Quotes) Anyone that has come to America past the age of eighteen will be able to understand when I say that you can never shake your accent (Accent Quotes) Accents are funny in that they have this odd draw for us, yet we forget we have one, too. No one is without an accent, but the one you’ve got seems like oatmeal to their caviar (Accent Quotes)

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