Accent Quote by John Oliver

I'm not really much of an actor, so when I started on 'The Daily Show', I was just trying to adopt the faux authority…

— John Oliver

I'd like to talk in my own accent, but then there's that thing about getting typecast as, 'The British guy.' The role that makes…

— Ryan Cartwright

I think audiences are far too sophisticated now to have an English actor putting on a Russian accent - it feels fake.

— James Watkins

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

I didn't want to be on screen not nailing an American accent. It's an insult to an American! There are plenty of great American…

— Brenton Thwaites

When I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till makeup comes off. I just…

— Damian Lewis

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

I think Americans still can't help but respond to the natural authority of this voice. Deep down they long to be told what to…

— John Oliver

I came from a very different sort of background and pedigree from the people who were on "The Daily Show". I was an actor.…

— Aasif Mandvi

I enjoy playing villains - I'm very proud that I belong to a very honorable tradition of British actors who come to Hollywood to…

— Alfred Molina

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 was conscious of being a British actor doing a ridiculous Brooklyn voice, so I toned it down.

— Harris Dickinson