Comments | redscharlach: At last, she stirs (and possibly purrs)

redscharlach

At last, she stirs (and possibly purrs)

Feb 23, 2011 23:45

Earlier this week I finished reading The Easter Parade by Richard Yates. It's a relentlessly miserable novel and I wouldn't particularly recommend it*, but it did have one line that I particularly liked: at one point, the female lead meets a man with "a voice that made her want to curl up and ride in his pocket like a kittenOkay, maybe it's not ( Read more... )

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huskyteer February 24 2011, 10:04:31 UTC

Oh, that is a lovely line! Jon Pertwee and John Le Mesurier for me, obviously.

redscharlach February 24 2011, 22:30:21 UTC

John Le Mesurier would be an excellent one. It'd be like living in an episode of Bod!

san_valentine February 24 2011, 14:02:57 UTC

Oooo, I can happily sit and listen to Denis Lawson speaking at any time. Such a lovely purring voice. I'd curl up on his lap any time :)

And Paul Darrow, especially when playing Avon, has a voice like a big mug of really good hot chocolate, with piles of whipped cream on top.

For old-school voices, just listen to Claude Rains. You never saw his face in 'The Invisible Man' - he carried that movie entirely with his beautiful voice.

redscharlach February 24 2011, 23:06:15 UTC

I think Cary Grant would be my old-school pick. He'd know how to treat a kitten right.

gregoria44 February 24 2011, 14:40:07 UTC

Voice?

Noel Fielding (though if I was hiding in his pocket he'd need a much larger cape or poncho and I wouldn't be able to see his eyes, so...)

Richard Armitage

& I'm with Fran in THAT episode of Black Books with Peter Serafinowicz.

redscharlach February 24 2011, 23:08:10 UTC

I get the impression that if you told Noel Fielding to wear a poncho covered in pockets with kittens in them, he'd almost certainly think it was a REALLY brilliant idea. This probably gives him a natural advantage in this game.

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shy_nerthuserce February 24 2011, 17:03:27 UTC

Which picture are you looking at? :¬) If it's the one above your comment, that would be Russell Tovey. :¬)

shy_nerthuserce February 24 2011, 17:10:02 UTC

I agree about Benedict and Richard! :¬) I also love Sean Bean's voice, and Sean Harris's voice when he's speaking in his native East Anglian makes me melt. :¬) But for me, the voice most fitting this description belongs to Andy Serkis; especially after having met him at a few fan-events and totally losing track of what he was actually saying in favour of the sound of it, lol. :¬D

redscharlach February 24 2011, 23:15:32 UTC

As long as Andy Serkis doesn't accidentally slip into a Gollum impression. I foresee a lot of bad kitten reactions to that one.