American Quote by Boyd Holbrook

What's funny is that there's a lot of great Australian actors in American movies but you don't often hear them do their Australian, original…

— Owen Wilson

When British or Australian actors perform American characters, we laud them and talk about how great it is they are able to do this…

— Hong Chau

It's rare that there's a role that requires an Australian accent.

— Heath Ledger

We have so many American and English films in Australia that we hear those accents often, so they're not too hard to pick up,…

— Mia Wasikowska

A lot of American actors when they do Shakespeare put on a phoney English accent and it drives me crazy. You're always fighting against…

— Ethan Hawke

I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good…

— Orlando Bloom

I thought I was clever by greeting casting agents in my Australian accent and then switching to an American one during the performance. But…

— Jonathan LaPaglia

People have asked me why are Australians and Brits so good at American accents, and it's quite simple. We grew up listening to the…

— Dominic Purcell

Because in Australia we're so inundated with American culture, television, this that and the other, everyone in Australia can do an American accent. It's…

— Guy Pearce

Most Australians who've got an ear can do an American accent because we grow up listening to them on television and in movies.

— Jacki Weaver

Often, Americans think any northern English accent is Australian.

— Ryan Cartwright

There are certain situations, when you're in America, when people understand you better without an Australian accent.

— Nikita Dutta