Accents Quotes · Page 8

I suppose, back in the day, when I was on the stage, I had nothing to lose, and I did the accents.

— Michael Socha

I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.

— Grace Jones

“Their perfect English accents. As if serving all their vowels on a fine set of tongs.”

— Colum McCann

I speak English without an accent, and I speak Spanish without an accent. I really do have the best of both worlds.

— Eva Mendes

The only silver lining I can find is that British accents aren't sexy anymore.

— Bill Maher

I had had a huge background in the nuance of the accent because I went to drama school in England for four…

— Lake Bell

I've heard some duff Irish accents. The worst must be Mickey Rourke.

— James Nesbitt

I actually had a cockney accent before I went to drama school. It's softened up a bit.

— Gemma Arterton

I knew at a young age that I wanted to do comedy, and maybe part of that was trying to fit in…

— Nasim Pedrad

The consciousness of being loved softens the keenest pang even at the moment of parting; yea, even the eternal farewell is robbed…

— Joseph Addison

I like languages. I like working on different accents. I speak English, French and Spanish. I'd love to learn more but I…

— Francois Arnaud

If you begin with the middle-tone and work up from it toward the darks so that you deal last with your highest…

— John Singer Sargent

My grandma said - when I was really young and I'd sing along to the radio - why do you sing in…

— Emma Watson

I don't want to be an English actor doing the greatest American accent you've ever heard. I want to be an American…

— Michael Caine

Here's a viewer's guide to BP media briefings. Whenever you hear someone with a British accent talking about this on behalf of…

— Anthony Weiner

It meant that she belonged some place. She was a Brooklyn girl with a Brooklyn name and a Brooklyn accent. She didn't…

— Betty Smith

I have always been English, ever since I emigrated from England and since the kids in Canada beat me up at the…

— Lennox Lewis

I got cast in [Punisher: War Zone] and showed up in Montreal two days before the film started, and they said, "We…

— Julie Benz

Objectively, class differences in accent, dress, manners, and general style of life are very much smaller; and one cannot, strolling about the…

— Anthony Crosland

I patterned the accent after this guy I was in a play with, but that was three years ago. Now I'm listening…

— James Marsters

Long before there was discrimination against blacks, there was discrimination against white southerners. When large numbers of these country people moved north…

— Ann Coulter

I remember the first thing I did when I found out I was illegal was to get rid of my thick Filipino…

— Jose Antonio Vargas

I live in L.A. so I worry my kids aren't that connected to Britain, I suppose I don't want them to become…

— Kevin McKidd

Johnny Walker, the American that fought for the Taliban, is now talking with an Arabic accent. Have you heard him? It's ridiculous.…

— Jay Leno

You can learn any accent you want. It's a fascinating thing.

— Diane Kruger

You cannot go to a 7-11 or Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian Accent.

— Joe Biden

The intricate engraving, fine lines, beading and milgrain accents echo an era defined by elaborate embellishments.

— Vera Wang

I have always loved doing accents. I have lived with my parents in a number of countries, including Italy and Jamaica.

— Sarita Choudhury

I'm not talking with an American accent. I haven't gone off and become Sammy Hagar.

— Billy Idol

Kids in school told me my parents had accents, but I had no idea; they've always sounded that way to me.

— Karen Bardsley

Seriously, I don't know any American girl who can resist an English accent.

— Stephanie Perkins

I can't do an accent unless I'm on the set. I forget how to do it until I'm on the set.

— Alice Englert

“Ooh. British accent alert. I love accents. I sat up straighter to make sure I didn’t miss a word.”

— Heather Davis

I don't like to hear myself sing. So to get comfortable hearing myself sing, I sang in another accent.

— Lupe Fiasco

If something is not right we give out about it. He is almost a Yorkshireman with a Portuguese accent.

— Neil Warnock

Just because I have made a point of never losing my accent it doesn't mean I'm an eel-and-pie yob.

— Michael Caine

I love New York. I'm a guy for whom a New York accent is a comforting thing.

— Anthony Bourdain

I toned down my accent at school; otherwise, people would pick on me.

— Michelle Ryan

Everyone thinks that just because you have a Scouse accent, then you must be 'on the rob'.

— Jennifer Ellison

The only thing I did at RKO of any note was lose my Texas accent.

— Dorothy Malone