Accents Quotes

415 Accents quotes by 359 unique authors

I was very nervous about the accent. I was very nervous about being an American. — Janet McTeer
I have spent too long training myself to speak with an American accent, it's ingrained. I spend 16 hours a day on set speaking with… — Poppy Montgomery
I didn't really like my Sydney accent - nobody likes the sound of their own voice - and when I was a little younger tried… — Callan McAuliffe
In the 'Garnethill' trilogy, people always forget that Maureen O'Donnell's dad was a journalist and she did art history at uni and her brother did… — Denise Mina
I understand English; I read and write English perfectly, but the accent won't go away. — Sofia Vergara
I'm more of a mimic. My accent tends to drift to where ever I am. — Ricky Whittle
Many Americans feel themselves inferior in the presence of anyone with an English accent, which is why an English accent has become fashionable in television… — Edwin Newman
I'm not against accents - my husband's from Lancashire and has a rural Lancs accent. We've just got back from Scotland yesterday, and I love… — Penelope Keith
They (Americans) have their national game, baseball - which is cricket played with a strong American accent - and they have a national language, entirely… — George Mikes
Work on the accent, it will enliven the whole. — Pierre Bonnard
When I was a kid, Eisenhower had been President forever, and all of a sudden, everything in the world was all about Jack Kennedy. I… — James Ellroy
I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd start to look… — Ralph Fiennes
I love Jonathan Adler but more importantly I love throws. To clarify, a throw is not to be confused with a blanket. A blanket is… — Max Greenfield
My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent. — Naveen Andrews
My mom has an English accent, so we always referred to the trunk as the 'boot.' And then, suddenly, we moved to Georgia and I… — Nicole Beharie
I like everything European. Even my GPS has a British accent - it's way less annoying than the American one. — Rachel Bilson
Only comedians can talk about death, life, God and Virgin Mary. If I was a tragic actor, I couldn't allow myself. But with this accent… — Roberto Benigni
I created the characters from what I read in the script. I decided how I should talk, accent, no accent, my own voice, or a… — Ruth Buzzi
I did a lot of acting, funnily enough, unprofessionally, as a kid. From when I was 10 years old until I was about 19, I… — Sharlto Copley
I like to mumble when I act, 'cause I think it's more realistic. For some reason, the impediment has given me the accent of a… — David Arquette
I often find during a day of shooting I will speak in an American accent all day long when I'm doing dialogue. At the end… — Henry Cavill
I'm from the South, where if you walk down the street and there's somebody behind you talking with a Southern accent, you can't tell whether… — Johnnie Cochran
People are disappointed when they hear my American accent because they regard 'The Police' as an English band but I've clung to my American-ness all… — Stewart Copeland
Shakespeare in Love... such smart writing of an alternative view of history, and such beautiful acting. Like most Americans, I'm a sucker for the accent. — Anita Diament
I'm completely Americanized - I have an American accent, an American wife - but a residue of me is foreign. — Dinesh D'Souza

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