Accents Quote by Johnnie Cochran

When you say, 'Southern,' or you speak about a southern accent, there's always that drawl, and usually from white people. That's what people associate…

— Angie Thomas

Even in my adult years, when I heard a white person speaking in a Southern accent I was initially suspicious.

— John Edgar Wideman

In the South we experienced, you know, some black kids who gave us a hard time because - cause 'you talk white.' We didn't…

— Stuart Scott

I, on the other hand, have a bit of a southern accent.

— Michael W. Smith

I think it's impossible to be a young black male from the South, born to an era I was born in, and not have…

— Orlando Jones

I am black, so with my writing and my voice, you get that kind of dialect.

— Steven Caple Jr

If you talk with a Southern accent, it's perceived as though you are slow. That's not the case. I've met just as many dumb…

— Jake Peavy

I actually spoke to one of the heads of a studio, and he said I confuse middle America. Basically, when they see a black…

— Ricky Whittle

I started out in New York, and New York has a way of countering a Southern accent, naturally; when I moved to Los Angeles…

— Kim Dickens

The great thing about not being American is that you don't assume you know what a Southern accent sounds like, so you have to…

— Cate Blanchett

I do accents. Sometimes when I've had a few drinks, I speak in different accents all night long, and then at the end of…

— Rebecca Mader

In the South, everyone speaks, if you know each other or not. I'm raising my daughter more Southern, like how her father and I…

— Shanola Hampton