Accent Quote by Edwin Newman

I think most British people who say they can do an American accent are so bad at it. I find it excruciating. I find…

— Eileen Atkins

People have asked me why are Australians and Brits so good at American accents, and it's quite simple. We grew up listening to the…

— Dominic Purcell

When British or Australian actors perform American characters, we laud them and talk about how great it is they are able to do this…

— Hong Chau

In England, we're around so much American culture and TV anyway, so it's an accent that's always in our ear.

— Jamie Blackley

There's sometimes an accent on TV and it's like 'are you American?', because I can kind of pick up on it a little bit…

— Oliver Stark

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…

— Rachel Weisz

There is a certain advantage to the British accent. I do notice that Americans love it; they think the we Brits are smarter than…

— Piers Morgan

American accents often sound much more confident than British ones.

— Rebecca Front

Well, English is no problem for me because I am actually English. My whole family are English; I was brought up listening to various…

— Guy Pearce

I lived in America for a long time before I started working as an actor. Some actors show up on set and have never…

— Idris Elba

A lot of American actors when they do Shakespeare put on a phoney English accent and it drives me crazy. You're always fighting against…

— Ethan Hawke

I think American audiences are open to people with accents and different nationalities being on the screen.

— Jamie Bamber