1.   The actors spoke their lines mechanically, hardly caring about the meaning.

2.   And they had to speak actual lines.

3.   After all, they are fictional characters created by a man, Darren Star, speaking lines usually written by another man, Michael Patrick King.

4.   All her lines are spoken in a tinkly, pitch-perfect English accent.

5.   Each member of the young cast plays a number of roles and speaks the lines with un-self-conscious conviction to create a small miracle of an ensemble performance.

6.   He aggressively pursued Hispanic voters, closing some of his television commercials speaking lines in fluent Spanish.

7.   He always spoke a few lines in Spanish.

8.   He speaks his lines with crisp confidence, moves with easy authority.

9.   He sang in English but spoke his lines in Japanese, learning the dialogue phonetically, with the help of a Japanese coach.

10.   He speaks his lines with the exaggerated pitch and diction of someone who both loves and is embarrassed by the sound of his own voice.