I've done some version of that Minnesota accent - that Midwestern accent - in sketch comedy for years. It's the quickest way… — Allison Tolman Copy Share Image
Accents aren't accents, they're language It's almost like a code. Because that's the key to who you are: it's how you express… — Rege-Jean Page Copy Share Image
I always like seeing people transforming themselves, in whatever way that might be, and a different accent is part of that. — David Tennant Copy Share Image
I guess when I first started speaking with an American accent, there's a tendency to create a caricature of the accent because… — Radha Mitchell Copy Share Image
For a lot of people, and I'm one of them, where you are and who you're spending your time with greatly impacts… — India Eisley Copy Share Image
I was actually born in New York. We lived there until I was three so I grew up watching Sesame Street and… — Saoirse Ronan Copy Share Image
“Oh my. He's English. "Er. Does Mer live here?" Seriously, I dont know any American girl who can resist an English accent.” — Stephanie Perkins Copy Share Image
They have different accents in America " Brisbane smiled. "Just as we do here." I waved a hand. "They all sound alike… — Deanna Raybourn Copy Share Image
The Republicans are not anti-Latinos. You know, I tell the story all the time that the Tea Party is the one that… — Raul Labrador Copy Share Image
[On "John F. Kennedy" set] everybody was very interested in the accent. Even my collaborators were very curious to know if I… — Rob Lowe Copy Share Image
When I first came to the U.S. - because I do accents and I've traveled the world. I have friends of almost… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
Acting for me was hard enough without having to think of the accent. And also, when I was auditioning for stuff I… — Jonathan LaPaglia Copy Share Image
I've been typecast. People don't want to take a risk or a chance. Quite a few times they've come up to me… — Scott Adkins Copy Share Image
What can often happen when doing accents is that you go too far to one extreme, so it becomes a caricature. It's… — Killian Scott Copy Share Image
As soon as you start acting in an accent, you're sort of out of your comfort zone. Maybe people start getting used… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
I spent a lot of time in London when I was growing up and I've always picked up accents without even really… — Christopher Guest Copy Share Image
I vowed to never use my American accent, and I didn't. Even going to get the paper in the morning to buying… — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
When I'm playing an American, I don't play Lennie with an American accent. They're American characters who look like me, but they… — Lennie James Copy Share Image
I've never played Scots or got the chance to do my Scottish accent. I'm always trying it out in auditions, but they… — Callum Keith Rennie Copy Share Image
It's true that Paris is made up of equal parts of social conservatism and anarchic experimentation, but foreigners never quite know where… — Edmund White Copy Share Image
I want to show another side of Middle Easterners. My hope is that I would be able to play a variety of… — Maz Jobrani Copy Share Image
I had to get over a Southern accent and go through a lot of obstacles. But I love my job, and I… — Taylor Spreitler Copy Share Image
Tell me the truth - do you think I've lost my Southern accent? I feel it comes back to me only when… — Cleo Moore Copy Share Image
“(On Captain Britain) "Every British person thinks he's got the same accent as them. The air around him is warm like a… — Paul Cornell Copy Share Image
The riskiest thing I have done in my fifties is to do a Polish accent for a new film. I had a… — Andie MacDowell Copy Share Image
I think the hardest thing about doing an accent, especially with a Missouri accent, is making sure that you're not mumbling with… — Julia Garner Copy Share Image
I do one accent - my own. I can make it louder or quieter. That is the sum total of my vocal… — John Oliver Copy Share Image
It's funny because if you ever ask anyone in England to try and do a Beatles accent, no one knows what they… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Because it was my first time acting in English, everyone on set was difficult to understand. It was a mix of Scottish,… — Sibel Kekilli Copy Share Image
I'm from Connecticut, and we don't have any dialects. Well, I don't think we have any dialects, and yeah, it's very complex.… — Seth MacFarlane Copy Share Image
I spoke English when I moved to the U.S.A. but I had an accent. To get rid of it, I watched a… — Jimmy O. Yang Copy Share Image
I'm not posh at all. I grew up in Sheffield but never managed to pick up the accent - which was careless… — Laura Wade Copy Share Image
I'm developing more stuff in my voice, more Nick Swardson. It's me as myself in a sense and kind of in my… — Nick Swardson Copy Share Image
People say there's no trace of an accent anymore, and there isn't because I worked very hard to lose it. And the… — John Mahoney Copy Share Image
People think for Shakespeare you have to have a big English accent, but it's not true. He designed it so it can… — Vinny Guadagnino Copy Share Image
I've got many different voices - I have a Southern girl, an Irish girl. I have a gibberish language that you'd have… — Rachel Miner Copy Share Image
My mum won't speak to me unless I speak properly on the phone. I have to speak 'American' for work, so often… — Hannah Simone Copy Share Image
Language patterns solidify at 10, 11, 12, so I was able to learn English fairly easily, with no accent. I didn't do… — Peter Hermann Copy Share Image
“Accent is the last great redoubt of prejudice. The race relations industry, that inquisition of fairness and sensitivity, doesn't protect against discrimination… — A.A. Gill Copy Share Image
Hey, I saw this old British movie, all the people spoke so different, you could hardly understand them. But everyone here speaks… — Max Barry Copy Share Image
![“[On "John F. Kennedy" set] everybody was very interested in the accent. Even my collaborators were very curious to know if I was even going to do it. And I was, like, "You just can't not do it." I think everybody was worried that it was going to sound like the guy from... is it The Simpsons?” quote by Rob Lowe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bd0/rob-lowe-855_accents_on-john-f-kennedy-set-everybody-was-very_2667291.jpg)
