Accident Quote by Tim Pigott-Smith

Americans do seem to say things which make the English notice England.

— Dodie Smith

The air of the English is down-to-earth. They care about details; there's a tradition, but there's also a counter-culture: the younger generation versus the…

— Tadashi Yanai

I think Brits probably feel that Americans are more like us than vice-versa, if that makes sense. Because we get everything American over here…

— Hayley Atwell

American English is essentially English after having been wiped off with a dirty sponge.

— J. R. R. Tolkien

We try to magnify the difference between Americans and the English. In real life they like the same music and dress the same. It's…

— Amanda Bynes

It's not a deliberate thing. It's not like I was rejecting the UK, which is what the papers said. It's just that when you…

— Joss Stone

Some of the substance of English words, I just don't understand at all because the culture's so strange to me

— Chow Yun-Fat

When people come to see you, they know what you do. That's what they want. They want it to be quite English; they don't…

— Noel Fielding

Americans don't care what your language is, your race is, whatever. Everyone is there to do their own thing and be successful. I wish…

— Vinnie Jones

English has more flexibility. It's a very plastic, very shapeable, very expressive language. In that sense it feels quite natural.

— Ha Jin

Much of the rest of the world has already learned some English. They pretty much understand the American way of doing things, because our…

— Bill Vaughan

Americans like the British kind of quirkiness and the strange accent. They find it kind of cute or something, with a certain charm.

— Nick Park