Ralph Barbosa
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Podcast Appearances
I just remember talking to the dialect coach.
And she's like, no, no, no, say it like this, though.
And I'm just like, I feel like I had...
I know people say I talk very monotone, like very laid back, but I feel like I had to do that more in Spanish.
Like instead of just saying like, hey, ahora que puedes cambiar tu plan con Verizon.
I had to be like, ahora cambio tu plan con Verizon.
I had to talk like the fucking dude at the end of a commercial who's like, subject may vary to change.
So I had to do it like fast and like no accent.
So I couldn't, I feel like I couldn't move my mouth a lot.
Like I had to just like whisper it out.
And then that's when they finally liked it.
Which, I mean, they paid me very well.
Like, shout out to Verizon.
I just think it's funny that they were just like, and they didn't know at first because it's like different types of Latinos working on that commercial.
It was like a Puerto Rican dude and a Venezuelan dude, you know what I mean?
Yeah, the girl who was like the costume designer or whatever, she was just like, hey, this dude talks country as hell.
And everybody was like, what?