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I've no idea about his accent, but I pick up accents like a sponge. If I'm around a certain person long enough or even find myself deeply immersed in a great film, I will hear myself speaking that way for the next few hours or until I'm away from said person/place. Happens in foreign countries, as well. I don't mean to do it because it DOES come off as fake, but I honestly just start to speak and there it is. When I was 12, I was told I did this while in a foreign country, but I don't recall it. I'm just more conscious of it now that I'm ..... many years older!!
A lot of unnecessary hatred towards the guy. With some actors or celebrities, it's deserved, but so far the reason for hating in Depp in this thread are "he thinks he's so cool" and girls love him. Envy is a stinky cologne.
I've no idea about his accent, but I pick up accents like a sponge. If I'm around a certain person long enough or even find myself deeply immersed in a great film, I will hear myself speaking that way for the next few hours or until I'm away from said person/place. Happens in foreign countries, as well. I don't mean to do it because it DOES come off as fake, but I honestly just start to speak and there it is. When I was 12, I was told I did this while in a foreign country, but I don't recall it. I'm just more conscious of it now that I'm ..... many years older!!
Perhaps if you have an 'ear' for such as a good actor would, then it happens. Perhaps it is cultivated.
I was raised in the mountains of NC and my mother's people had strong Appalachian accents. My grandmother spoke the old dialect. My father's people spoke with the soft piedmont southern accent. When I was with one or the other, I tended to favor that accent not being fake just reflecting what I was hearing.
Would think that an actor who makes his living out of being characters or having accents and mannerisms would at least unconsciously pick up such or maybe deliberately since that is his job.
A lot of unnecessary hatred towards the guy. With some actors or celebrities, it's deserved, but so far the reason for hating in Depp in this thread are "he thinks he's so cool" and girls love him. Envy is a stinky cologne.
A lot of unnecessary hatred towards the guy. With some actors or celebrities, it's deserved, but so far the reason for hating in Depp in this thread are "he thinks he's so cool" and girls love him. Envy is a stinky cologne.
Here we go again. Commenting on his (and others') affected accents makes us "haters." Not. And forget the "envy," as I'm female, too. As Martha Stewart might say, reading comprehension is a good thing.
Either preparing for a role or being a phony. I'm not a huge fan of Kathy Griffin but she calls that a manufactured accent when one of these Hollywood types thinks it improves their image to speak in an accent, even if it's just one they made up.
I enjoy Johnny Depp, but I agree his "accent" has changed over time. If you go back and look at early interviews of him from his teens and early twenties, he clearly sounds "American". Then flash forward 20 years and he clearly has a "British accent".
Madonna did the same thing. I saw an interview where the person asked her about it and Madonna snarled at her and said nothing is different in the way she speaks. Go figure, I sure hear a difference.
Honestly I don't care one way or the other if celebrities change their "accents". Maybe they are doing it on purpose or maybe they just pick it up from all their worldly travels. I know when I am talking with someone with a different accent I pick it up and find myself talking the same way. Sometimes I even do it for fun. I went a whole day talking with an accent and oddly enough no one said a word.
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