Accent Quotes · Page 6

I don't even know what a Connecticut accent is.

— Dorit Kemsley

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

— Amit Kalantri

Give me the right word and the right accent and I will move the world.

— Joseph Conrad

Despite his South Indian connection, my husband Rohit doesn't have an accent at all.

— Anita Hassanandani Reddy

As soon as you start speaking in a different language or with a different accent, it changes you as a person.

— Ananya Panday

“The American Dream isn’t dead, but it seems to have developed a Texas accent.”

— Mark Davis

“It’s the accent. Women always swoon for an accent.” I rolled my eyes. “And does the accent work on you?”

— Nichole Chase

“accent—I’m still waiting for my big Oscar-baiting period role—but”

— Anna Faris

Accents are definitely one of my strong suits, and a lot of folks don't know that.

— Malik Yoba

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

— Roma Downey

Honestly, every movie I do in America, the only challenge for me is English. I've done everything already, for me it's pretty…

— Jackie Chan

Accents are funny in that they have this odd draw for us, yet we forget we have one, too. No one is…

— Deb Caletti

My accent... my father's from Cleethorpes and my mother's from Manchester and I was born in the Midlands and brought up in…

— Jason Watkins

When I first tried the American accent, for a moment I thought I could never be an actor because I just could…

— Margot Robbie

Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker…

— Anita Diament

Because I'm Irish, I've always done an accent. Not doing an accent is off-putting because I sound like me. I love doing…

— Eve Hewson

My teacher was like, 'Once you pass age nine or ten, it's almost impossible to completely lose an accent.' I did lose…

— Karan Soni

I actually love working with accents. I don't know, something about it unlocks something in me. It makes me concentrate on getting…

— Kevin McKidd

When I was starting out, doing guest spots on TV, and even commercials, I would go in with a whole crazy wardrobe…

— James Franco

I think people are really picky about English accents. When a Brit comes over here and kind of does an OK American…

— Lee Pace

I did use my own accent in a play once. It's a very freeing, liberating experience. Actors are often asked to adopt…

— Luke Evans

“Technically, everyone is talking to me. I’m able to partition myself quite easily. You are hearing my default voice—the voice that Edmond…

— Dan Brown

I wish I could adjust my voice, but it's just what's happened to me. It's because I've lived abroad for a long…

— Bill Bryson

Yes, I'm blonde. When I started as an actor, because of the accent and my body and my personality, it was not…

— Sofia Vergara

Stuff like Buena Vista Social Club and Fela Kuti were quite a main thing to my childhood. As soon as I reached…

— King Krule

Prior to going to college, I had a pretty strong accent, and that was one of the things I had to work…

— Chris Parnell

That's acting for you. 'White Queen' has English playing Welsh and vice versa.

— Aneurin Barnard

If all you have to criticise me on is my age or my accent, then you really can't defeat me on the…

— Bilawal Bhutto Zardari

An accent always helps me ground a character. It also helps to remind me what age I'm playing.

— Carmen Cusack

I couldn't care if some theatre reviewer thinks my American accent sounds a bit Welsh.

— Joanna Page

I'm very aware when I'm speaking to the English of how flat my Mid-Atlantic American voice is.

— Martin Cruz Smith

I was always told at school I was posh, then I came to London, and here I'm told I have a country…

— Jessica Raine

We wanted to be ourselves, to sing and speak with our own accent and it was fantastic that we were not asked…

— Judith Durham

I like to mimic accents. I don't even know if that's a talent. That's just a weird thing that I do.

— Alessia Cara

My accent always works with the girls. They like it. I have no idea why. - Niall Horan

— One Direction

I'm more of a mimic. My accent tends to drift to where ever I am.

— Ricky Whittle

“His accent was thick and British, the kind that makes North Americans feel slightly ashamed.”

— Andrew Kaufman

Has my accent held me back? I don't believe it has at all. I think it can be a colourful accent.

— Esther McVey

I just can't imagine having to do an accent all the time - like, in your whole career.

— Alden Ehrenreich

When I go home to England, my friends all make fun of me for sounding American.

— Juno Temple