It's not that she was just living in America so she adopted the accent, she actually used the accent in her work. If you talk a certain way for long enough, it's going to affect how you speak.
She hasn't lost anything. You can't lose an accent if you've grown up with it into adulthood. She's faking that American accent every day of her life. She's fake.
She says in her book that if she wanted to be the "American actress", she couldn't have the Australian accent, so she taught herself to speak without it and it's left her.
That's called being fake. She's a wannabe American. An accent will never leave you if you've grown up with it. She's faking that accent every day of her life.
@@jaywest3734 I lost most of my English accent after 30 years in the US. I think it is very dependent on if you go over with family or if you marry an American and have no British spouse. I married an American, had no English people around me and didn't even visit the UK for 25 years. Consequently I lost most of my accent without any conscious effort to do so.
Look at Charlie Hunnam, his British accent was almost unrecognizable after seven years of SOA. He had to work with someone to get it back while shooting King Arthur.
How come Portia De Rossi and Mel Gibson lose their accent, but EVERY SINGLE OTHER Aussie that makes it in Hollywood, like Nicole Kidman, Hugh Jackman, Guy Pearce, Eric Bana, Russell Crowe, Geoffrey Rush, Cate Blanchette, Toni Collette - the list goes on and on and on - ALL still have Aussie accents!
I really like Portia, she tends to sound more Aussie when she is speaking with Australians, the American accent is very infectious but it sounds like she has always struggled with being accepted so adaptation has become a survival mechanism. When the interviewer says "we all love you here in Australia" her face just lights up! XX
There's a huge element of choice involved. I lived in the USA and Canada for 8 years and maintained my Australian accent without picking up much more than a slight "twang". I also didn't seek to lose my accent and adopt another.
I've never seen this interview before. Thank you so much for uploading. This is such a great interview just like all the other interviews that Portia did about her book and I have to admit that I also teared up a little bit when Portia was tearing up, because I feel exactly the same about Ellen and Portia. They are such great role models for not only gay people, but for everyone out there and they're truly amazing! I would never be the person I am now if it weren't for them. Thank you guys!
I find it problematic that people are so completely focused on her accent, they leave the meaning of her words out of ye conversation. Are you here to listen to what she says, or to see how she says it?
She’s saying it wasn’t her mother’s fault in order to not blame her mom but I’m almost at the end of the book and it seems a lot of it had to do with wanting to feel more love from her mom. Even though her mom was very kind and great and did love Portia very much, Portia’s perspective was she wasn’t special to her. Once her mom tells her she loves her in clear words is when her eating disorder starts to heal. I’m loving the book. Even though I’m not gay or anorexic it’s very relatable because of the way she talks about her insecurities and the need to lie to people for success.
Yeah. There are a few weird things in her American accent. For example, the word "anything" Americans say "EH-nee-theng" while Portia says "EH-neh-theng". It's subtle, but I can hear the Aussie tidbits during her interviews.
I think she practiced and practiced an American accent for US shows to the point where now the American accent is the one that comes naturally to her. Although it she spends some time talking to someone with an Aussie accent she'll probably revert back to the Aussie accent on some words. A bit like Anthony La Paglia.
I don't care. I still love her guys. She's still amazing and gorgeous. She was just trying to make a living doing something that she loves. How is it fake? It is no more fake than acting in movies.
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Difference between yourselves is that she mainly acts in American TV Shows playing American characters. The choice, here, was probably doing an American accent constantly so she 'd be more convincing and get roles.
Veronica Pinto She intentionally changed her accent when she was trying to change herself in her teens and twenties. If you fake an accent long enough it just becomes your natural speech. I did it myself when I was 13. It's not that she's not being honest, it's just how she talks now.
This is how she speaks, get over it. I prefer her American accent to her Australian one. And yes I am Australian. Her voice soothes me, and I just love looking at her, prior to 2013.
@restless103 Her name isn't fake, she changed it legally decades ago therefore it is her real name. Her accent isn't fake either, she just had to learn to speak with an American accent to get acting gigs and it just stuck since she's been living in the US for a very long time now.
Yea exactly like them! What I meant was she has learned to use the american accent, a lot like hugh laurie has. It's not that she no longer has the accent, but she doesn't use it. i hope that makes sense!
Well I moved to Australia from UK when I was 11 and got an Australian accent within a year. But in Portia's case it wasn't a natural change, she was told to change it as it would help her career. I'm not criticizing Portia as she was young and was told to do a lot of things when she was younger and first moved to Hollywood (this also caused her anorexia). But now that she's so used to using that accent I assume it's hard to go back.
Meanwhile there are a shit ton of Australian actors and actresses who've kept their accents (and often use their accents in their roles) that are massively more popular than she is, so whoever gave her that advice was a moron. I never got the idiots who advise stars on "being more American", while the average American seems to be (anecdotally, sure, but still pretty commonly) a big fan of foreign accents. As long as the accent isn't incomprehensible, it does not matter, and is often even a boon (i.e. more memorable/endearing to American audiences).
where is her accent or did she move to the USA when she was little? my friend's mother is australian and hasn't been back in yrs but still has her accent since she left when she was 29.
+LivMYlif3 Hugh Jackman, Russell Crowe, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Blanchett , Chris Hemsworth, Liam Hemsworth, Geoffry Rush, Isla Fisher, Rose Byrne, Guy Pearce, Sam Worthington, The late Heath Ledger, Jacki Weaver, Margo Robbie, Rebel Wilson (SIDEBAR= I've never really given it a thought but AUS is rich with talented people, imagine a population of 30mil conquering Hollywood with these super-talented people, amazing) ALL OF THEM still maintain their accent albeit watered down but regardless, they didn't have to americanise their accent when they're NOT working. 7 or 8 of them have won the coveted Oscar. That is a true mark of a great actor I suppose. They don't have to be in "character" 24/7 all year long like Portia. and all of them are of higher ranking than she is. So it doesn't depend on one's accent, it depends on one's talent.
Not the great actors, none of them lost theirs, Jackaman, Crowe, Rush, Blanchett, Watts, Rebell, Rose Byrnes, Margo Robbie, Guy Pierce Worthigton. Chris & Liam Hemsworth etc etv etc etc
***** Ughh Badabing Bada boong. If others can do it, so can she. The others who have kept their accent are the ones who have won Academy Awards....Blerrghhhh
I think honestly, it's just preference. I think some actors with accents prefer not to speak with their native accent and speak American because it's easier. Especially the ones who are on tv shows and they have to speak in the American accent constantly. Julian McMahon and Dominic Purcell used to do the same thing and not speak in their native accent.
@retrotw its wherever you're from, even the most clear american accent sometimes I need to really concentrate to understand and im english. for me english is most clear because thats the one im most used to. America just has to be second because of how much we're subjected to it in everyday life. i mean the music on the radio, hollywood films.. etc
yeah. its no big deal. I went to Australia for 3 weeks and though I didn't come back speaking with an Oz accent, I had no trouble imitating it with little effort. It's not that hard to pick up an accent. Plus, I noticed that Portia's Oz accent slowly seeps back in toward the middle of the interview.. lol
Some people just lose their accents when they live somewhere else for a long time. Anthony LaPaglia doesn't have an Australian accent any more either. My cousin has lived in the US for several years and he's lost his Australian accent too.
Hmmmm. I can't tell if she is affecting the American accent. I mean she HAS been living in the US for years, maybe more than a decade. But her American accent is slightly off. I think it's because she's listening to her native accent and some of its features are subconsciously coming up.
As an American I would have no idea she isn’t American throughout this interview. It is flawless in my opinion. Just sounds like an American who’s been well-educated. I am guessing you are not American to have made your assessment?
Australian accents are weak, meaning it's very easy to lose. Portia isn't the only one, if you hear Anthony Lapaglia speak he has a hybrid as well. I think it's hard for Australian's to find roles where they can have their accents.
Yes, she purposely lost her accent. Took lessons. I think it's weird. A lot of people switch depending on who they're speaking to, but to completely erase one accent for another seems really really strange to me. Fake.
Give her a break, she's been living in America for that long of course shes going to loose her accent. It's much easier in Hollywood to get a job if you have an American accent, it's not that she's 'not proud to be Australia' her accent is more of a hybrid, not completely American also.
I am an American, but I feel that her accent sounds phoney and contrived. She tries to overemphasize it by trying to end her sentences sounding like a Valley girl. I agree with the poster that her native accent is creeping back, especially since she is talking to people from her native Australia. To me, she comes across as a very sad, insecure person to me...she is not really as happy as she tries to convince herself she is IMHO:(
Aww this is the Portia I love, she was so gorgeous. How things have changed. I had so much admiration for her back then, but I've lost a lot of respect for her since her face lift, that's not being honest, why just not age naturally, she was gorgeous, she's not recognisable anymore.
I agree. According to psychology, it's pretty much impossible for one to change their accent after they're about 11 years old. This is also up to the time kids can change their dominant language. Once they've exceeded this stage in development, it's pretty much impossible to change an accent, especially people like Portia who was already an adult! Something's fishy.
haha as the interview progresses her accent creeps back in... it sucks that some asshole producer forced her to change it. actually no it sucks more that she chose not to just keep her accent in her personal life..
Well, you are replying to us, so you are no better...YOU get a life. NO, people who move to another country as an adult don't just naturally lose their native accent like she has. She even admitted that she did this on purpose for work. My point is that changing one's accent on purpose does not work 100% of the time...I can tell that she does not have a really convincing American accent. SO THERE!!
You question her sexuality in every video. What is your issue? She's the nicest person in the world, has been with women for ages, there's plenty of testimonies, and anyone can see the love on her face when she looks at Ellen, also she has her own money. They are perfect together. You need to move on, plenty more fish in the sea.
hollywood seems to despise aussie accents, they'll use a british accent if they need a harmless gentleman hugh grant character or a sophisticated bond villain but they only seem to use aussie accents when they want to be outrageous and funny, same with irish accents, you want work in hollywood then you gotta drop the aussie accent for sure, it's such bullshit too because it's incredibly sexy, it's a very prejudice town, don't think that we americans like having to hear all you across the pond actors fake our accents, we fucking hate it, we know you're faking it
You people should really get a life.... How bored are you to comment someone on her accent and make a discussion out of it?? She's living for years in the states now, OF COURSE accent changes and right now it's neither nor, that's what happens. I'm also living abroad and i know how my accent changes: now i have a silly accent while talking my native tongue, but still don't have a complete perfect accident in the language i speak, although i speak fluently. so what?
Ha! TH15N4M315UN4V41L4BL is spot on! Mel Gibson and Greg Norman still have some bits of Aussie twang in their voices, but the others still sound very Australian, yet "Portia" can't, for some reason. She is a bit of a tosser. Her real name is Mandy Rogers and she's from a semi-rural city, about 45 miles out of Melbourne. Another tosser along the same lines is Julian McMahon: full-on American accent -- gimme a break. Anthony LaPaglia has lost most of his accent, but he's been there for 30 years, since his mid-twenties. His younger brother still speaks like an Aussie,,,most of the time :-)
