What wasdat, sir? What wazzat sir? What wassat, sir?” “Wayne, what are you babbling about?” Waxillium asked. “Practicing my pretzel guy,” Wayne… — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
I went to Glenalmond and got the piss taken out of me for my Glasgow accent. Then I spent five years at… — Robbie Coltraine Copy Share Image
Things have a life of their own," the gypsy proclaimed with a harsh accent. "It's simply a matter of waking up their… — Gabriel Garcia Marquez Copy Share Image
For Karen Holmes (in From Here to Eternity), I studied voice for three months to get rid of my English accent. I… — Deborah Kerr Copy Share Image
I'm from the South, where if you walk down the street and there's somebody behind you talking with a Southern accent, you… — Johnnie Cochran Copy Share Image
After three takes, [George Clooney] is like, 'We got it,' and I'm still thinking, 'I'm just getting used to this. I shouldn't… — John Krasinski Copy Share Image
I've been blessed because every single role I've done has been an educated person. I've never done the stereotypical Latina, even though… — Roselyn Sanchez Copy Share Image
I don't like to hear myself sing. So to get comfortable hearing myself sing, I sang in another accent. — Lupe Fiasco Copy Share Image
I don't understand why the accent you speak in has to indicate what level of intellect you have. — Paloma Faith Copy Share Image
Because I had an accent, people had this impression that I was dumb. — Wilmer Valderrama Copy Share Image
Even now in America, you know, when people say they hate immigrants, they're not referring to a Canadian immigrant. You know, they're… — Trevor Noah Copy Share Image
I'm completely Americanized - I have an American accent, an American wife - but a residue of me is foreign. — Dinesh D'Souza Copy Share Image
My family are really happy here at Liverpool and I am prepared to have my daughter with a Scouse accent, even though… — Rafael Benitez Copy Share Image
The words, "I have a dog named Winn-Dixie," popped into my head in the voice of a small girl with a southern… — Kate DiCamillo Copy Share Image
My accent has changed my whole life. When I was younger it was very Nigerian, then when we went to England it… — Toks Olagundoye Copy Share Image
I'm an actor, in particular, that likes to have a mask or something that can help me distance myself from the character.… — Corey Stoll Copy Share Image
Little fussy Otto, in his red-lined black opera cloak with pockets for all his gear, his shiny black shoes, his carefully cut… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I'm just an actor. It's the way the script is written, and it's easy. I don't have think about it. When you… — Anthony Hopkins Copy Share Image
All I'm saying is we got plenty of Texans, and people from Montana, and New Jersey, and Wyoming, or Kansas City. We… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Directors are always changing things at the last minute. Actors will do a scene, and the director will say, ‘Okay, that was… — Dave Barry Copy Share Image
I know that Philadelphians hate New York actors passing off New York accents as Philadelphian when they are quite different. — Jacki Weaver Copy Share Image
It becomes 'one's own' only when the speaker populates it with his own intentions, his own accent, when he appropriates the word,… — Mikhail Bakhtin Copy Share Image
A woman may possess the wisdom and chastity of Minerva, and we give no heed to her, if she has a plain… — William Makepeace Thackeray Copy Share Image