Career Quote by Steph McGovern

I had had a huge background in the nuance of the accent because I went to drama school in England for four years.

— Lake Bell

I remember believing that I just wouldn't get work, so I just consciously had to practise other accents, but I enjoyed doing it.

— Jamie-Lee O'Donnell

I learned to change my accent; in England, your accent identifies you very strongly with a class, and I did not want to be…

— Sting

I'm not conscious of having changed my accent.

— Roger Allam

I just can't imagine having to do an accent all the time - like, in your whole career.

— Alden Ehrenreich

Weirdly, when I was in drama school my accent probably got stronger because of that sense of identity when you leave home and go…

— Iwan Rheon

Some guys in the team have asked me whether I had English lessons before I came to Middlesbrough. I told them that I like…

— Victor Valdes

My accent has changed my whole life. When I was younger it was very Nigerian, then when we went to England it was very…

— Toks Olagundoye

I had people who said I was a brilliant producer but I wouldn't get on the news because I was too northern. But there…

— Steph McGovern

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

— Lawrence Welk

I spent a lot of time in London when I was growing up and I've always picked up accents without even really meaning to.…

— Christopher Guest

I grew up in Edinburgh, but my dad's from Glasgow, and my mum's from Chingford in Essex, and I spent time in Ireland, too,…

— Chloe Pirrie