Accents Quote by Paul Whitehouse Download Open image “If you do certain accents it's considered racist, but I'm not convinced it is.” — Paul Whitehouse ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Accents Certain Considered Convinced
In my opinion, if you do an accent well, it can never be racist. I've had white guys come up to me and do… — Asim Chaudhry Copy Share Image
I work with quite a lot of black comedians and I don't think they think doing accents is racist at all. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
The thing about being black and having a different accent, in the beginning, is that it makes you foreign. — C. C. H. Pounder Copy Share Image
You don't want to think something might be racist, but it might be, because your gut is telling you it is — Whoopi Goldberg Copy Share Image
Accents are always difficult in their way, but as long as you're not throwing an audience off with it, then that's all it should… — Ben Mendelsohn Copy Share Image
You're sonically racist, Americans. You think we all sound the same, whereas I have definitely a mongrel accent. — John Oliver Copy Share Image
I can't say I have enough experience with Hollywood to feel that I've encountered racism there. I can tell you that I did about… — Lin-Manuel Miranda Copy Share Image
I am black, so with my writing and my voice, you get that kind of dialect. — Steven Caple Jr Copy Share Image
When I first came to the U.S. - because I do accents and I've traveled the world. I have friends of almost every single ethnicity, and I would mimic them. And when I came to the U.S., I remember one day we're at "The Daily Show." And I mimicked my Chinese friend. And the guys at the show were like,… — Trevor Noah Copy Share
I'm not a racist. And to judge me by that one word is wrong. In no way, shape or form is it ever acceptable… — Richie Incognito Copy Share Image
“Accent is the last great redoubt of prejudice. The race relations industry, that inquisition of fairness and sensitivity, doesn't protect against discrimination by funny… — A.A. Gill Copy Share Image
I, of course, don't have an accent. This is just how things sound when they are pronounced properly. — Jimmy Carr Copy Share Image
In comedy, if you're going to commission something commission two series, don't commission one because so many comedies are finding their feet and you… — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
If you look back at 'The Fast Show,' we always shot it nicely and tried to make it look good as well as funny. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Bob and I got into comedy in a similar way. On the coat-tails of our mates. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Making it big in pop would have suited me fine, although comedy is a far better world for an older person. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
There's nothing better than going down the lawn to the river for a few hours in the evening and catching your own supper. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
My dad was a very calm figure in my life and I have only good memories of him. We had a very simple relationship… — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
Women would never be abusive about physical appearance. It's a no-go area, but it's an icebreaker for men. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
There's more to fishing than catching fish. It's being lost in a timeless world, away from all the chaos outside, doing something that's elemental. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
As more and more new houses get built, they just suck the water out of rivers. — Paul Whitehouse Copy Share Image
When we first sold the Wallace and Gromit shorts to America, people suggested we get rid of the strange British accents and put clear… — Nick Park Copy Share Image
London, from the architecture to the culture to the fashion to the accents, feels like it's a special place. — G-Eazy Copy Share Image
You can't live in a dialect without tremendous work. Like any muscle, accents and voices and languages are all formed out of the muscles… — Lake Bell Copy Share Image
At first I thought I would have to put on an English accent and try a sort of affected Shakespeare thing. — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
I don't think you see a pirate with a parrot on his shoulder, for example. And even with the accents. — Ray Stevenson Copy Share Image
In bed watching Family Guy. Love this show.! So hilarious! Stewie is my favorite :) love his accent. — Paris Hilton Copy Share Image
At this point two elderly security guards in parkas, the guys who normally work the front desk at the plant, asked John to step… — David Wong Copy Share Image
Much of my playing is rhythmic and choppy; I use a lot of double stops. The wah just accents all those stops and chops… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
“The accent of one's birthplace persists in the mind and heart as much as in speech.” — La Rouchefoucauld Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
