Actor Quote by Jamie-Lee O'Donnell

I grew up with a very strong Irish accent.

— Dolores O'Riordan

I started acting when I was really young. I came to the States and didn't know anyone, and I spoke with a weird Irish…

— Sarah Bolger

People say I've 'retained' my Cockney accent. I can do any accent, but I wanted other working-class boys to know that they could become…

— Michael Caine

I'm Irish and very proud of being Irish, but as an actor, your extraction should be secondary, really. You should be able to embody…

— Cillian Murphy

I think I'm going to keep my Irish accent forever now in any movie I make, because chicks dig it and that's all I…

— Chris O'Dowd

Personally, just as an actor, I love accents; they're fun.

— Carla Gugino

I think doing different accents is part of the job of acting, really. It's something else that I quite enjoy the challenge of, to…

— David Tennant

Generally, nowadays, I'm using my own accent because casting directors want it; they like that.

— Michael Socha

Because it was my first time acting in English, everyone on set was difficult to understand. It was a mix of Scottish, Irish, British…

— Sibel Kekilli

I had had a huge background in the nuance of the accent because I went to drama school in England for four years.

— Lake Bell

Unless it's a specific accent, or something about physicality you have to change, I am generally not such a conscious actor.

— Christina Ricci

I've never had my own accent in a film. It's something I schedule into my preparation. That's one of my favorite things, hearing all…

— Andrea Riseborough