Accents Quote by Ralph Fiennes

Shakespeare's language does not require a British accent. It requires a facility with language, and that's all.

— Joss Whedon

People think for Shakespeare you have to have a big English accent, but it's not true. He designed it so it can be performed…

— Vinny Guadagnino

The English people, a lot of them, would not be able to understand a word of spoken Shakespeare. There are people who do and…

— Colin Firth

I certainly don't think a Welsh accent would be suited to Shakespeare.

— Joanna Page

I don't do Shakespeare. I don't talk in that kind of broken English.

— Mr. T

At first I thought I would have to put on an English accent and try a sort of affected Shakespeare thing.

— Leonardo DiCaprio

It blows my mind that you get Shakespeare where the 'low' comedy characters have got Northern or Welsh accents.

— John Tiffany

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

I'd like to do a little bit of everything. I think the only thing I can't do is a British accent, so that's out.…

— Jenny Slate

Shakespeare's always been sitting on my back, since I began reading. And, certainly, as a writer, he's who I hear all the time. And…

— Howard Jacobson

Actually, the language in Shakespeare is wonderfully musical. You need to hear the music to connect with the words.

— Mandy Patinkin

Because British actors hold Shakespeare in such great reverence, we tend to go for the word, which tends to make things very intellectual.

— Geraldine James