Accents Quote by Jacki Weaver

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

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

There are certain situations, when you're in America, when people understand you better without an Australian accent.

— Nikita Dutta

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

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

Often, Americans think any northern English accent is Australian.

— Ryan Cartwright

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

I usually learn a specific accent and it stays that way. We have so many American and English films in Australia that we hear…

— Mia Wasikowska

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…

— Poppy Montgomery

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

It's rare that there's a role that requires an Australian accent.

— Heath Ledger

The Australian accent is sort of like going down a step in smartness, you could say, because you guys pronounce things as they're spelled.…

— Callan McAuliffe