Charo Quotes

There's always a certain kind of homework you have to do when there's an accent involved.

Speaking English is like tongue-twist for me. I can speak each word perfect, but then you have to string them together like, 'Blah, blah, blah.' That's when I get crazy.

If you listen to a language for 15 minutes, you know the rhythm and song.

I think it's really hard for me... to sing in English, because it's not my mother tongue.

My French is terrible, and my Spanish is even worse. I find Spanish really difficult. They speak so quickly, whereas in German, it's very clear what they're saying. It's easier to repeat.

My English is good because I have a good ear.

I'm not supposed to be phonetically correct or enunciate perfectly.

I understand English; I read and write English perfectly, but the accent won't go away.

I never found accents difficult, after learning languages.

Work on the accent, it will enliven the whole.

I speak English without an accent, and I speak Spanish without an accent. I really do have the best of both worlds.

I have a funny accent in every language.

It is a culture voice, but it is a very American culture voice, and I am very used to English culture voice. So I had to work like hell to flatten those R's.

Voices are always a challenge. I always have to work at each accent I do.

When I was at U.C.L.A., I decided I was going to go to Japan and learn Japanese.

In the end, to do a good accent, you just have to be a good listener.

When I arrived in L.A., I assumed I'd be able to put on the American accent. It proved difficult, so I had six months working with a dialect coach, and it's become a habit.

I studied German at school. I lived in Berlin for two years and had a German girlfriend for five years, so I don't find speaking German particularly difficult. Singing was slightly more difficult.

I never really had a strong accent.

I've never lived in an English-speaking country, ever, but I lived in Austria. So, my second language is German. And when I went to school, I had a lot of classes in English.

I can hardly understand the Australian accent.

No, no, no. Your accent is so beautiful.

The Australian accent is sort of like going down a step in smartness, you could say, because you guys pronounce things as they're spelled. We add and abbreviate stuff.

If you don't know how to pronounce a word, say it loud!

To be honest, accents are one of those things for me, personally, that usually come quite naturally by just listening to the people.