When you speak in another accent, it affects you. You can't help but be changed by it.
Alessandro NivolaThe thing with being able to do accents is that it's still completely separate from being an actor.
Alessandro NivolaWell, I've never been in a touring rock band, it was all just high school and college, playing toga parties in frat houses.
Alessandro NivolaI'm a restless person. I get bored very quickly, particularly with myself. I've used acting as an escape and a way to channel my nervous energy. So I've always looked to find a role that's as different from the one before it. I need change and variety or start to feel depressed.
Alessandro NivolaI don't separate Robert DeNiro's comedy from the serious stuff. The one thing I realize working with him in all of his work, is that he doesn't do anything unless something happens to him in scenes - unless something happens to make him react. He never came in with a set idea of how he was going to do it, he never came in with guns blazing. He would just show up and wait to see what happened.
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