American Quote by Sarah Bolger

I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.

— Gary Carr

I think doing different accents is part of the job of acting, really. It's something else that I quite enjoy the challenge of, to…

— David Tennant

Funny enough, every role that I have had, I try to tone down my accent or speak with better diction.

— Djimon Hounsou

I tend to land roles that are somewhat villainous for some reason. Usually, people blame it on the accent.

— India de Beaufort

I have a strong accent; it limits the roles, of course it does. I guess if I had moved to America a long time…

— Jean Reno

I've played American characters so many times now, it's so natural to me. But when I play American, I stay in the American accent…

— Gregg Sulkin

The odd thing is if you asked me to do the accent now I would find it very difficult unless I was also playing…

— Emily Mortimer

Doing an accent removes you from yourself and reminds you, every instant, that you're playing a part.

— Mia Wasikowska

It bloody annoys me when people forget that we're actors. Just because we tend to appear in things with our own accents, saying dialogue…

— Kathy Burke

There's sometimes an accent on TV and it's like 'are you American?', because I can kind of pick up on it a little bit…

— Oliver Stark

I think when you have to train an accent, it just takes you absolutely into another spectrum of the character.

— Kodi Smit-McPhee

I did use my own accent in a play once. It's a very freeing, liberating experience. Actors are often asked to adopt a different…

— Luke Evans