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Accent Quotes

I’ve never had my own accent in a film. It’s something I schedule into my preparation. That’s one of my favorite things, hearing all the voices Picture Quote #1

After The Beatles came on the scene everyone started putting on a Liverpudlian accent Picture Quote #1

I’m an Asian with a Southern accent. To a lot of people, that right there is funny Picture Quote #1

You’re sonically racist, Americans. You think we all sound the same, whereas I have definitely a mongrel accent Picture Quote #1

If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers Picture Quote #1

I would love to play a British character one day. My accent wavers between Scottish and Irish very easily, though Picture Quote #1

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That could sound arrogant, I guess, but sometimes I feel like I have a bit of a Zelig thing. I’ll blend in wherever. I’m from the South, so I’ll have a Southern accent when I’m home. But if I’m up here in New York, I have a British accent Picture Quote #1

All these stuff she’s done before - the rosary, the deep thoughts, the faux British accent. It’s the same thing over and over. She’s be so much better if she just retired, and I like Madonna Picture Quote #1

I used to play a lot of foreign women in my youth because I was prettier then. I would go for interviews, and directors would look at these sultry, exotic looks, hear this clipped accent and think the two don’t go together. So they would give me a foreign accent Picture Quote #1

Prior to going to college, I had a pretty strong accent, and that was one of the things I had to work on a lot. I went to North Carolina School of the Arts; my speech teacher... that was one of the things we really had to work on over the years, and thankfully I think it finally worked Picture Quote #1

When I travel round the country, people can’t place my accent; if there’s someone in the audience, they’ll be like, ‘You’re from Philadelphia’, but everyone else will say, ‘Where are you from, California?’ I get England sometimes - bizarre! Picture Quote #1

Yes, I’m blonde. When I started as an actor, because of the accent and my body and my personality, it was not what the stereotype of the Latina woman in Hollywood is, so they didn’t know where to put me. The blond hair wasn’t matching. The moment I put my hair dark, it was better for my work Picture Quote #1

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In the South we experienced, you know, some black kids who gave us a hard time because - cause ‘you talk white.’ We didn’t talk white. We talked fairly proper. Plus, we had a Midwestern accent, so we didn’t have a Southern accent, either. So it wasn’t really talking white; it was talking different Picture Quote #1

When you speak in another accent, it affects you. You can’t help but be changed by it Picture Quote #1

Shakespeare’s language does not require a British accent. It requires a facility with language, and that’s all Picture Quote #1

When I am alone, I drink my tea with pinkie raised, like a kid playing tea party. At times, a fancy British accent is involved. Dahling! Picture Quote #1

Christopher Reeve did such an amazing job that to give him some kind of accent or more bravado would have been wrong. Audiences wouldn’t have responded to that either Picture Quote #1

We sing in English, not mimicking some American rock singer’s accent. That’s just pretending to be something you ain’t Picture Quote #1

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I actually always try to not do a general American accent. I always try to give a region Picture Quote #1

I’m completely Americanized - I have an American accent, an American wife - but a residue of me is foreign Picture Quote #1

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 crack at doing that Picture Quote #1

Most of the roles that I go for are Americans, so the first thing I had to do was pin down the American accent - which is obviously in ‘Blue Crush 2.’ Picture Quote #1

When I’m working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till makeup comes off. I just want everyone to be at ease, and not have the show’s creators think, ‘Oh my God, he’s so English, why did we hire him?’ Picture Quote #1

I learned by watching my favorite shows. I would just rewind and say the words back, until they sounded right to me. I never studied the American accent, in terms of getting a teacher or taking phonetics classes. I’ve always been a good mimic. It really wasn’t that hard for me Picture Quote #1

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My accent has changed my whole life. When I was younger, it was very Nigerian, then when we went to England, it was very British. I think I have a very strange, hybrid accent, and I’ve worked very hard to get a solid American accent, which is what I use most of the time Picture Quote #1

Acting for me was hard enough without having to think of the accent. And also, when I was auditioning for stuff I would walk into the room with an Australian accent, and I would do the audition in an American accent, and they would invariably say, ‘Yeah, it’s that good, but I can still hear the oddity coming through.’ Picture Quote #1

I’m pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately Picture Quote #1

I guess I’d always mocked the American accent. I didn’t consider it a respectable dialect, but I was told that it was Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to be an English actor doing the greatest American accent you’ve ever heard. I want to be an American doing nothing Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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I’ve never had my own accent in a film. It’s something I schedule into my preparation. That’s one of my favorite things, hearing all the voices (Accent Quotes) After The Beatles came on the scene everyone started putting on a Liverpudlian accent (Accent Quotes) I’m an Asian with a Southern accent. To a lot of people, that right there is funny (Accent Quotes) You’re sonically racist, Americans. You think we all sound the same, whereas I have definitely a mongrel accent (Accent Quotes) If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers (Accent Quotes) I would love to play a British character one day. My accent wavers between Scottish and Irish very easily, though (Accent Quotes) That could sound arrogant, I guess, but sometimes I feel like I have a bit of a Zelig thing. I’ll blend in wherever. I’m from the South, so I’ll have a Southern accent when I’m home. But if I’m up here in New York, I have a British accent (Accent Quotes) All these stuff she’s done before - the rosary, the deep thoughts, the faux British accent. It’s the same thing over and over. She’s be so much better if she just retired, and I like Madonna (Accent Quotes) I used to play a lot of foreign women in my youth because I was prettier then. I would go for interviews, and directors would look at these sultry, exotic looks, hear this clipped accent and think the two don’t go together. So they would give me a foreign accent (Accent Quotes) Prior to going to college, I had a pretty strong accent, and that was one of the things I had to work on a lot. I went to North Carolina School of the Arts; my speech teacher... that was one of the things we really had to work on over the years, and thankfully I think it finally worked (Accent Quotes) When I travel round the country, people can’t place my accent; if there’s someone in the audience, they’ll be like, ‘You’re from Philadelphia’, but everyone else will say, ‘Where are you from, California?’ I get England sometimes - bizarre! (Accent Quotes) Yes, I’m blonde. When I started as an actor, because of the accent and my body and my personality, it was not what the stereotype of the Latina woman in Hollywood is, so they didn’t know where to put me. The blond hair wasn’t matching. The moment I put my hair dark, it was better for my work (Accent Quotes) In the South we experienced, you know, some black kids who gave us a hard time because - cause ‘you talk white.’ We didn’t talk white. We talked fairly proper. Plus, we had a Midwestern accent, so we didn’t have a Southern accent, either. So it wasn’t really talking white; it was talking different (Accent Quotes) When you speak in another accent, it affects you. You can’t help but be changed by it. (Accent Quotes) Shakespeare’s language does not require a British accent. It requires a facility with language, and that’s all. (Accent Quotes) When I am alone, I drink my tea with pinkie raised, like a kid playing tea party. At times, a fancy British accent is involved. Dahling! (Accent Quotes) Christopher Reeve did such an amazing job that to give him some kind of accent or more bravado would have been wrong. Audiences wouldn’t have responded to that either. (Accent Quotes) We sing in English, not mimicking some American rock singer’s accent. That’s just pretending to be something you ain’t. (Accent Quotes) I actually always try to not do a general American accent. I always try to give a region. (Accent Quotes) I’m completely Americanized - I have an American accent, an American wife - but a residue of me is foreign. (Accent Quotes) 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 crack at doing that. (Accent Quotes) Most of the roles that I go for are Americans, so the first thing I had to do was pin down the American accent - which is obviously in ‘Blue Crush 2.’ (Accent Quotes) When I’m working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till makeup comes off. I just want everyone to be at ease, and not have the show’s creators think, ‘Oh my God, he’s so English, why did we hire him?’ (Accent Quotes) I learned by watching my favorite shows. I would just rewind and say the words back, until they sounded right to me. I never studied the American accent, in terms of getting a teacher or taking phonetics classes. I’ve always been a good mimic. It really wasn’t that hard for me. (Accent Quotes) My accent has changed my whole life. When I was younger, it was very Nigerian, then when we went to England, it was very British. I think I have a very strange, hybrid accent, and I’ve worked very hard to get a solid American accent, which is what I use most of the time. (Accent Quotes) Acting for me was hard enough without having to think of the accent. And also, when I was auditioning for stuff I would walk into the room with an Australian accent, and I would do the audition in an American accent, and they would invariably say, ‘Yeah, it’s that good, but I can still hear the oddity coming through.’ (Accent Quotes) I’m pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately (Accent Quotes) I guess I’d always mocked the American accent. I didn’t consider it a respectable dialect, but I was told that it was. (Accent Quotes) I don’t want to be an English actor doing the greatest American accent you’ve ever heard. I want to be an American doing nothing. (Accent Quotes) 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. (Accent Quotes)

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