American Quote by Hong Chau

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

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

It's so funny how it's impossible for an American actor to play an English part or an Australian part. But by all means, come…

— Boyd Holbrook

What's funny is that there's a lot of great Australian actors in American movies but you don't often hear them do their Australian, original…

— Owen Wilson

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

Because in Australia we're so inundated with American culture, television, this that and the other, everyone in Australia can do an American accent. It's…

— Guy Pearce

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

I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good…

— Orlando Bloom

The Australian accent just a very lovely accent and it doesn't have the pretention maybe of an English accent, but yet seems a little…

— Owen Wilson

Often, Americans think any northern English accent is Australian.

— Ryan Cartwright

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

We have so many American and English films in Australia that we hear those accents often, so they're not too hard to pick up,…

— Mia Wasikowska