I Do Believe That There Are African Americans Who Have Thick Accents. My Mom Has A Thick Accent; My Relatives Have Thick Accents. But Sometimes You Have To Adjust When You Go Into The World Of Film, TV, Theatre, In Order To Make It Accessible To People. - SearchQuotes

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I do believe that there are African Americans who have thick accents. My mom has a thick accent; my relatives have thick accents. But sometimes you have to adjust when you go into the world of film, TV, theatre, in order to make it accessible to people.

Viola Davis

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