There's always a certain kind of homework you have to do…

It's coaches. It's people that are involved in kids' lives at every level, and it's supporting their parents. Their parents need better jobs. So…

— Donna Shalala

Hey, I saw this old British movie, all the people spoke so different, you could hardly understand them. But everyone here speaks American as…

— Max Barry

Years later, when I was working as a trolley wally in a supermarket, I tackled the boredom by talking to the customers in as…

— Romesh Ranganathan

“The accent of one's birthplace persists in the mind and heart as much as in speech.”

— La Rouchefoucauld

I'm a big fan of the Irish accent. After a couple of drinks, I start to get a bit of an Irish lilt, too.

— Emily Ratajkowski

I had people who said I was a brilliant producer but I wouldn't get on the news because I was too northern. But there…

— Steph McGovern

Now, I don't know about my peers, but I get nervous - okay, I genuinely freak out - when an actor starts trying on…

— Rod Lurie

They made me use an accent, which I wasn't thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, don't have them.

— Rita Moreno

I definitely am from Australia...you can tell by my accent!

— Cody Simpson

My accent gets more pronounced when I've been talking to people from Derry.

— Roma Downey

I'm a Yente and I have a terrible accent.

— Lynn Samuels

“If you are an alien, how come you sound like you're from the north?' 'Lots of planets have a north!”

— Russell T Davies

At first I thought I would have to put on an English accent and try a sort of affected Shakespeare thing.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

“Stop it,” Adrian ordered, his strange accent thicker with his vehemence. “I promise, I’m not going to hurt you!”

— Jeaniene Frost

“It's not my accent, but my brevity makes me stylish.”

— Amit Kalantri