American accent Quote by Orlando Bloom

It's a phenomenon that I see with young actors - a lot of American speaking parts going to British actors.

— Michael Douglas

When British or Australian actors perform American characters, we laud them and talk about how great it is they are able to do this…

— Hong Chau

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

It's so funny how it's impossible for an American actor to play an English part or an Australian part. But by all means, come…

— Boyd Holbrook

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

It sounds funny, but I felt that my responsibility as an American actor was to let the British know we can act as well…

— F. Murray Abraham

British actors come at acting from a slightly different angle. Because a lot of the films are cast out there, they are so used…

— Jim Sturgess

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

The actors in Britain are incredible, and I didn't appreciate that until I got there. They interpret your words and you realize how deliberate…

— Frank Spotnitz

Americans like the British kind of quirkiness and the strange accent. They find it kind of cute or something, with a certain charm.

— Nick Park

With most British actors, it's amazing. I think they start with the character on the outside and work in.

— Norman Jewison

I think Americans still can't help but respond to the natural authority of this voice. Deep down they long to be told what to…

— John Oliver