I didn't want to be on screen not nailing an American accent. It's an insult to an American! There are plenty of great American actors who can already do an American accent, so me, coming in and stealing their roles, the one thing I have to perfect is the accent. So for years I practiced. And we're lucky because the whole world is raised on a library of American movies. I would pretend to be Jim Carrey, and, I say Robin Williams now because he's in my mind, but those actors really inspired us to be crazy and be theatrical.
Brenton ThwaitesYou know what's funny about movies? You can watch one, and then you watch it again at a different stage in your life, and you understand different messages from the same film.
Brenton ThwaitesI almost failed drama at school. I hated it. It was all about the history of theatre.
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