Being Quote by Kathy Burke

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

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

Our language - the way that we deal with most actors is we don't like to get very complicated because we don't want them…

— Joe Russo

When audiences look at an action actor like myself, sometimes we are very easily stereotyped or characterized as one type. They forget that we…

— Donnie Yen

I have trouble sometimes watching actors - even when they do a great job - with an accent. It kind of removes me, somehow.…

— Ellen Page

If I'm doing different accents, I feel like I'm acting. If I'm doing my own accent, I feel like I'm saying someone else's dialogue…

— Lolly Adefope

Actors very often are people who think it's always about 'me,' and I can see why! No one else is going to support you…

— Rita Moreno

The thing with being able to do accents is that it's still completely separate from being an actor.

— Alessandro Nivola

I have trouble sometimes watching actors - even when they do a great job - with an accent.

— Ellen Page

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

— Michael Socha

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 tend to land roles that are somewhat villainous for some reason. Usually, people blame it on the accent.

— India de Beaufort