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I do one accent - my own. I can make it louder or quieter. That is the sum total of my vocal range. I thought I could do an American accent until I tried it in front of an American - the expression of horror is still burnt onto my retinas.
— John Oliver
Tags: expression, own, i-can, my-own

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I would much rather America was a more stable, wonderful place. You know, I love it.
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A Southern accent is not a club in my bag.
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I did sketch comedy, but I never did improv. So I've just tried to learn as I go.
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I'm British, so obviously I repress any powerful emotions of any kind in relation to anything.
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You have to do stand-up quite a long time before you learn how to do it well. It was probably years before I was confident enough in stand-up that I was able to talk about the things I wanted to talk about, the way I wanted to talk about them.
— John Oliver
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