Back Quote by David Lammy

Americans don't care what your language is, your race is, whatever. Everyone is there to do their own thing and be successful. I wish…

— Vinnie Jones

I am Irish by race but the English have condemned me to talk the language of Shakespeare.

— Oscar Wilde

English people are always surprised I'm English.

— Charlie Hunnam

In America, you're just an American. You're accepted. It doesn't matter that you're of whatever race. If anything, I'm British, and that's it. So…

— Benedict Wong

Is calling English our national language racist? Are we at that point?

— Tucker Carlson

For a long time a lot of people thought I'm British, because I'd done so many roles with English accents. People probably still think…

— Alessandro Nivola

Part of what our problem as blacks in America is that we don't claim that. Partly, you see, because of the linguistic environment in…

— August Wilson

I am certainly not racist; I even like the British.

— Giorgio Moroder

I remember when I first came to America, nobody had a clue what a black Englishman was. I was either South African or Australian…

— Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I'm three quarters Scottish, but I sound English. I don't really see British as a race.

— Joanna Lumley

British people are surprised that I'm British!

— David Harewood

London scene consists of mostly foreigners. We see ourselves as British in many ways, but not English.

— Hussein Chalayan