Hugh Laurie as Dr. House What about brilliant British actors such as Hugh Laurie who played Dr. House in the hit television show? Mr. Laurie is among many fine British actors who convincingly portrayed Americans. He was so good that I watched the show for months and never suspected he was British until, one day, I happened to see him speaking in his native accent in a television interview. So, doesn't that suggest you can really get rid of your native accent? No, it doesn't! In the first place, Mr. Laurie speaks British English, which is not fundamentally that different from American English. American English, of course, came from British English. If his first language had been Italian, for example, the results probably would not have been that perfect. Moreover, the big difference between television and real life is that in acting, the actor knows exactly what they're going to say in advance. Every single word is written in a script which they memorize and can practice as...
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