Accent Quote by Yvonne Orji Download Open image “I was bullied because I have this thick Nigerian accent.” — Yvonne Orji ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Accent Because Bullied Nigerian
I've never worked in my natural accent, having studied so hard to get rid of it when I moved to England as a child… — Gina Bellman Copy Share Image
I had a thick accent, and people didn't understand me, and I was ashamed, and I fumbled. I radiated an uncertain energy; sometimes baristas… — Karan Mahajan Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
When I'm just walking around, I swap between the British and the American, and when I'm with my family I'm with my Nigerian accent. — Toks Olagundoye Copy Share Image
I went through a lot of bullying early on. Girls made my life a living hell. We had come to America from a different… — Nicki Minaj Copy Share Image
We had South African accents. I was a vegan. I was raised without religion. I was just the weirdest kid in this small town,… — Madelaine Petsch Copy Share Image
I grew up with three older brothers, so I'm very much a tomboy in real life. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
A lot of people have done things in the name of Christianity and religion and faith in a not-so-nice way. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
My faith - as well as my Nigerian culture - really gave me the substance and foundation to be who I desire to be… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
My mom would always say, 'Hair is a woman's beauty.' I cut my hair all off. I was completely bald, and that was, like,… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
Sometimes you're just regular. Sometimes you wake up, and your breath stinks like everybody else, and you had a bad hair day. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
I can only see what's in front of me, but God can see what's behind, what's ahead of me, what's beside me, and it… — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
On TV, as in life, white folks are allowed to make mistakes, but usually, black people aren't. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
I don't even know anyone who hasn't watched 'Sex and the City.' If you didn't, we can't be friends. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
I remember, growing up, it wasn't sexy to be African. We got called names. — Yvonne Orji Copy Share Image
“If you are an alien, how come you sound like you're from the north?' 'Lots of planets have a north!” — Russell T Davies Copy Share Image
My accent gets more pronounced when I've been talking to people from Derry. — Roma Downey Copy Share Image
They made me use an accent, which I wasn't thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, don't have them. — Rita Moreno Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of the Irish accent. After a couple of drinks, I start to get a bit of an Irish lilt, too. — Emily Ratajkowski Copy Share Image
I live in L.A. so I worry my kids aren't that connected to Britain, I suppose I don't want them to become American kids.… — Kevin McKidd Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling… — Adhir Kalyan Copy Share Image
I think when you have to train an accent, it just takes you absolutely into another spectrum of the character. — Kodi Smit-McPhee Copy Share Image
Most of the roles that I go for are Americans, so the first thing I had to do was pin down the American accent… — Sasha Jackson Copy Share Image
I came to this country when I was 13 years old, I couldn't really speak English, and I had an accent. — Jimmy O. Yang Copy Share Image
