Quote by Mia Wasikowska

We have so many American and English films in Australia that we hear those accents often, so they're not too hard to pick up,…

— Mia Wasikowska

Most Australians who've got an ear can do an American accent because we grow up listening to them on television and in movies.

— Jacki Weaver

I have spent too long training myself to speak with an American accent, it's ingrained. I spend 16 hours a day on set speaking…

— Poppy Montgomery

People have asked me why are Australians and Brits so good at American accents, and it's quite simple. We grew up listening to the…

— Dominic Purcell

Well, English is no problem for me because I am actually English. My whole family are English; I was brought up listening to various…

— Guy Pearce

There are certain situations, when you're in America, when people understand you better without an Australian accent.

— Nikita Dutta

When I'm playing a character, I use the American accent. But when I go back to England, I just glide right back into Englishness…

— Rachel Weisz

What's funny is that there's a lot of great Australian actors in American movies but you don't often hear them do their Australian, original…

— Owen Wilson

I grew up in a lot of different places, so I pick up accents pretty quickly.

— Ruth Negga

I've never had my own accent in a film. It's something I schedule into my preparation. That's one of my favorite things, hearing all…

— Andrea Riseborough

I think when you have to train an accent, it just takes you absolutely into another spectrum of the character.

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

I'm in four different films this year, and I have four different accents. I sound different in every film. You have to love a…

— Robert Carlyle