Accents Quote by Joss Stone

The accent got lost somewhere along the way. I'm a little embarrassed about it. When I arrived in LA I assumed I'd be able…

— Martin Henderson

I think most British people who say they can do an American accent are so bad at it. I find it excruciating. I find…

— Eileen Atkins

There's this accent that I think everybody has when they grow up going to an international school. It's a mix of not quite English,…

— Daniela Ruah

In England, we're around so much American culture and TV anyway, so it's an accent that's always in our ear.

— Jamie Blackley

It's maybe a better thought to change the perception of an accent than to avoid it all together.

— Jimmy O. Yang

I have a strong accent; it limits the roles, of course it does. I guess if I had moved to America a long time…

— Jean Reno

For too long, people have had to neutralise or lose their accent out of fear of prejudicial treatment or to fit in. This has…

— Esther McVey

I spent a lot of time in London when I was growing up and I've always picked up accents without even really meaning to.…

— Christopher Guest

When I travel round the country, people can't place my accent; if there's someone in the audience, they'll be like, 'You're from Philadelphia', but…

— Matthew Quick

I made some flippant remark about not wanting my son to grow up with an American accent, and the next thing I knew, there…

— Ashley Jensen

People think that I live in England and have a British accent.

— Rich Fulcher

I grew up poor with a very distinctive working-class accent. In England in the 1980s and 1990s this would have impeded my professional advancement.…

— Fiona Hill