Accent Quotes

402 quotes by 353 authors

Davy Jones was the grooviest of the Monkees, which makes him one of the grooviest pop stars who ever existed. He was the best dancer… — Rob Sheffield
I think anything sounds good with a Southern accent. — Jessica Simpson
I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be held… — Sting
A great actor is independent of the poet, because the supreme essence of feeling does not reside in prose or in verse, but in the… — Lee Strasberg
Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common. — Gloria Swanson
I consider social skills a bit like learning a language. I've been practising it for so long over so many years I've almost lost my… — Daniel Tammet
I never worked with a dialogue coach before, but I'd hate it if an American did a British accent and didn't do it well. It… — Tracey Ullman
I'm a natural blonde. But when I started acting, I would go to auditions and they didn't know where to put me because I was… — Sofia Vergara
It has to be a very specific role for me because of my accent. I can't complain; I've been working since I got to LA.… — Sofia Vergara
Doing an accent removes you from yourself and reminds you, every instant, that you're playing a part. — Mia Wasikowska
My grandma said - when I was really young and I'd sing along to the radio - why do you sing in an American accent?… — Emma Watson
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
My accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with someone I didn't know. — Lawrence Welk
Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents. — Earl Wilson
The 'New York Honk,' as it was called, was the most fashionable accent an American male could have at that time, namely, the spring of… — Tom Wolfe
Anyone that has come to America past the age of eighteen will be able to understand when I say that you can never shake your… — Martin Yan
A Southern accent is not a club in my bag. — John Oliver
I do one accent - my own. I can make it louder or quieter. That is the sum total of my vocal range. I thought… — John Oliver
My family are from Liverpool, so I have some twang there - I have a Midlands accent, and I was raised about an hour north… — John Oliver
My family is from Liverpool, so I have some of those vowel sounds, I've got the slack tone of someone from Birmingham, and then I… — John Oliver

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