Eastern Quote by Jason Mantzoukas

When I first tried the American accent, for a moment I thought I could never be an actor because I just could not do…

— Margot Robbie

I could never get cast with an Indian accent. I was not getting cast.

— Karan Soni

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 know Asian actors out there won't even audition for a role that have an accent. But for me, I was the kid with…

— Jimmy O. Yang

Nearly every taping or audition has to be in an American accent, so you don't have a choice; you just have to get good…

— Jeremy Irvine

I entered the acting world at a time when there was a higher demand for Middle Eastern actors in the post-9/11 world, and yeah,…

— Nazanin Boniadi

No one understands my accent. I'm constantly going to auditions and being told they don't like how I talk. You have to live with…

— Lauren Socha

Acting for me was hard enough without having to think of the accent. And also, when I was auditioning for stuff I would walk…

— Jonathan LaPaglia

I don't want to be an English actor doing the greatest American accent you've ever heard. I want to be an American doing nothing.

— Michael Caine

When I was coming up as an actor, even when I was going to Irish roles, I was advised to pick a different accent…

— Jamie-Lee O'Donnell

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

— Michael Socha

I was hesitant about doing too big a role in an American movie because it meant losing my German accent.

— Franka Potente