Accent Quotes

402 quotes by 353 authors

Germans don't speak in a German accent, they just speak German. — Daniel Day-Lewis
If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers. — Bela Lugosi
I think the Northern Ireland accent is one of the most beautiful in the world. — 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
I can rap in a London accent, make weird faces, wear spandex, wigs, and black lipstick. I can be more creative than the average male… — Nicki Minaj
Sometimes you forget where the heck you are but when you get on stage, you know by the look on the people's faces and the… — Jason Mraz
How come foreign accents are so sexy? If I say, 'I'm going to the store,' it sounds boring, benign and rudimentary. But if it's said… — Rachel Nichols
I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent. — Leslie Nielsen
I think I'm going to keep my Irish accent forever now in any movie I make, because chicks dig it and that's all I care… — Chris O'Dowd
I'm still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent - you get contaminated after so long. — Gary Oldman
I have trouble sometimes watching actors - even when they do a great job - with an accent. — Ellen Page
In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it's on the… — Roman Polanski
I don't want to say I'll never play someone with a cockney accent, but I think I would be irritated by me doing it. — Daniel Radcliffe
Unless it's a specific accent, or something about physicality you have to change, I am generally not such a conscious actor. — Christina Ricci
I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent. — Alan Rickman
The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
My own dreams fortunately came true in this great state. I became Mr. Universe; I became a successful businessman. And even though some people say… — Arnold Schwarzenegger
An agent once told me that if I would lose my English accent, I would never stop working in America. — Jane Seymour
I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I… — Shakira

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