American Quote by Priyanka Chopra

The accent got lost somewhere along the way. I'm a little embarrassed about it. When I arrived in LA I assumed I'd be able…

— Martin Henderson

At first I found it really hard using three different English accents: South African, faking the American, faking the accent required by the job.…

— Charlize Theron

I never actively went out and studied the American accent. I just came over here to the States, and it was something I was…

— KJ Apa

When I first came to the States, I thought I had a perfect American accent, and then I was abruptly becoming aware that it…

— Joel Kinnaman

Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.

— Desi Arnaz

I was born in New York and moved to London with my family when I was five. I did have an American accent for…

— Lucy Boynton

Acting for me was hard enough without having to think of the accent. And also, when I was auditioning for stuff I would walk…

— Jonathan LaPaglia

I haven't been abroad in so long that I almost speak English without an accent now.

— Robert Benchley

My accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with someone I didn't know.

— Lawrence Welk

I lost my ridiculous accent without acquiring another

— John Ashbery

I was a working-class kid from Boston. But I never lost my accent because I felt like that was what I was doing. I…

— Eileen Myles

I was very nervous about the accent. I was very nervous about being an American.

— Janet McTeer