Dialect Quotes

72 quotes by 66 authors

I had a really fantastic dialect coach that I worked very well with, and I was constantly surprised by the different intonations that the Russian… — Andrew Scott
My parents genuinely loved Vienna, and in later years I learned from them why the city exerted a powerful hold on them and other Jews.… — Eric Kandel
The riskiest thing I have done in my fifties is to do a Polish accent for a new film. I had a great time working… — Andie MacDowell
I sat staring, staring, staring - half lost, learning a new language or rather the same language in a different dialect. So still were the… — Emily Carr
The London dialect as it is spoken in educated circles. — Henry Sweet
READING, n. The general body of what one reads. In our country it consists, as a rule, of Indiana novels, short stories in dialect and… — Ambrose Bierce
Working on the accent helped, enormously. I will tell you that when I brought Michael a correct British accent, one that my dialect coach was… — Madeleine Stowe
Boy I got heat flamo, potent like liquid drano, a verbal valcano, they love me cause they know, I'm cut from the turf that real… — Mac Dre
I have played an Italian woman before but for that I had to speak in Italian, This was the first time I had to play… — Penelope Cruz
When I'm playing a character, I use the American accent. But when I go back to England, I just glide right back into Englishness immediately...… — Rachel Weisz
No one writes dialect better than Flannery O'Connor. No one should even try. — David Sedaris
Now there are certain things you have to prepare, like dialect and special skills. But in the moment, interaction between two characters on the page… — Idris Elba

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