Accents Quote by Tracey Ullman

I think most British people who say they can do an American accent are so bad at it. I find it excruciating. I find…

— Eileen Atkins

I think Americans still can't help but respond to the natural authority of this voice. Deep down they long to be told what to…

— John Oliver

When I'm playing a character, I use the American accent. But when I go back to England, I just glide right back into Englishness…

— Rachel Weisz

I had a dialect coach to get an American accent, and then another dialect coach to come off it a bit. There is something…

— Archie Panjabi

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

When British or Australian actors perform American characters, we laud them and talk about how great it is they are able to do this…

— Hong Chau

Generally, nowadays, I'm using my own accent because casting directors want it; they like that.

— Michael Socha

I thought I had a pretty good American accent but I had a few sessions with a voice coach over there and she was…

— Kelvin Fletcher

I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good…

— Orlando Bloom

I always work with a coach. That's just a personal thing that I like to do. During interviews, you'll hear more of my accent,…

— Elodie Yung

Do British People Make Fun Of American Accents?

— Anonymous

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