Actors Quote by Benedict Cumberbatch

People assume I'm posh because I'm one of the acting dames. I grew up in Tottenham and didn't used to speak like I do…

— Eileen Atkins

England is strictly class-based. What's surprising is how many films are still made with a load of people in silly frocks running around gardens…

— Stephen Daldry

I reckoned my accent and class would count against me; I didn't see actresses as being working-class.

— Maxine Peake

I think you can't be really posh and be an interesting actor. I'm a bit of a posh rough.

— Damian Lewis

There are lots of actors who are posh and stick with that, and there are lots of actors who are cockney, and that's what…

— Keeley Hawes

The American cinema in general always made stories about working-class people; the British rarely did. Any person with my working-class background would be a…

— Michael Caine

Without class differences, England would cease to be the living theatre it is.

— Anthony Burgess

'Downton Abbey' about upper-class posh people: of course it is.

— Phyllis Logan

I'm not posh at all. I grew up in Sheffield but never managed to pick up the accent - which was careless because there'd…

— Laura Wade

We know that the British public are obsessed with class.

— Lady Colin Campbell

I do want people to think of me as an actor, not just a posh actor who does posh parts.

— Freddie Fox

I fit into the quirky, character class type of actor.

— Debra Wilson