Accent Quote by Maxine Peake

The American cinema in general always made stories about working-class people; the British rarely did. Any person with my working-class background would be a…

— Michael Caine

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 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

I almost failed one drama course. All the actors talked in phony accents. It shocked me. I went out for track instead.

— Jason Robards

I had had a huge background in the nuance of the accent because I went to drama school in England for four years.

— Lake Bell

I never took an acting class, so I've made all my mistakes on film.

— Heath Ledger

I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be…

— Sting

I would say only be an actress if you genuinely feel the calling, because it's a tough profession.

— Naomie Harris

I don't really pay attention to which accent I have. I'm in a singular box as an actress.

— Marion Cotillard

I think one of the main differences between being an English actor and being an American actor is that we have things like the…

— Rafe Spall

In Britain, class is a neurosis. You judge people from the moment they open their mouth and start speaking: what their accent represents in…

— Dan Fox

I never did go back to acting class. I was too busy working.

— Kirstie Alley