Accents Quote by Patrick Ness

By weaker accents, what's your praise When Philomel her voice doth raise?

— Henry Wotton

Here's the thing - the accent is cool. It's like a girl with big breasts - they get your attention first.

— Kevin Costner

Sally Barris has a voice like sparkling crystal. You could have knocked me over with a feather the first time I heard her. Her…

— Kathy Mattea

Remy Ma is from the Bronx and I'm from the Bronx. The stories in her music are similar to what I've experienced.

— Erica Mena

My mother has lived abroad and I've grown up hearing her talk, so probably that's where I get this accent from.

— Amyra Dastur

Susan Rebecca White has a keen sense for how her characters talk and think. An impressive debut.

— Tom Barbash

“Cynthia was originally from Sierra Leone, and I loved the way those two dusky words rolled off her tongue. As we drove along I…

— Karl Wiggins

“I like how her New England accent cuts through her words, too. Mati reinvents the alphabet when she’s mad.”

— Rebecca Paula

“But more than anything, as a little girl, I wanted to be exactly like Miss Piggy. She was ma heroine. I was a plucky…

— Julie Klausner

It's part of my job. You can't play Veronica Guerin sounding like this. It just wouldn't wash. But what I find fascinating about doing…

— Cate Blanchett

One of the coolest ways to start building a character is the way he moves his mouth, what part of the mouth he puts…

— Cory Michael Smith

What is the best thing you could say about Keyshia Cole, is that she has great voice.

— Keyshia Cole