I'm aware now over the last 5 or 10 years that when you do an accent, you really have to kind of get down to the nitty gritty and go into the phonetics of it, if necessary. Find out not just the sounds but the rhythms and the music - or lack thereof - in a particular accent.
For true downtime, I enjoy going for light runs, having drinks with friends and going to the movies with my husband.
I just learned not to take a single thing for granted, and I think it just is extraordinary.

