Accent Quote by Vinny Guadagnino

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

— Joss Whedon

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

— Joanna Page

I'm one of those people that feels that Americans that shouldn't do Shakespeare... The rhythms of the English language and the mannerisms of the…

— Nicolas Cage

There's a specificity of language that's required in Shakespeare that most drama students in England deal with - a specificity of language that is…

— James Avery

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

You can't do Shakespeare with a Southern accent, honey.

— Katy Mixon

I think Shakespeare is like a dialect. If I heard a broad Scots accent, I'd probably struggle at first but then I'd start to…

— Ralph Fiennes

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

When you're playing Shakespeare, it forces you to think and feel and speak all at the same time, which really is what acting is.…

— Andre Holland

If anything, there is something quite musical in Shakespeare's heightened use of language and the way he shapes his speech.

— Jessie Buckley