Gordon Pinsent(1930-2023)

When filming the movie Atando Cabos (2001), he was the model for the Newfoundland accent for the rest of the cast, since this was the province in which he was born and raised.

Early in my career, I figured out how to 'hit notes' - you know, to color them properly, to play the right chords. And I hit them pretty well, you know. But now I know precisely what to do with them. I can bring them down, down, down. And I can still be true to the rendition when I do it.