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Accent Quotes

I’m still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent - you get contaminated after so long Picture Quote #1

The great thing about not being American is that you don’t assume you know what a Southern accent sounds like, so you have to be specific Picture Quote #1

Because in Australia we’re so inundated with American culture, television, this that and the other, everyone in Australia can do an American accent. It’s just second nature Picture Quote #1

Afrikaans is my first language, although you would never know, as my English accent has more of an American-British thing going on from all my years of travelling Picture Quote #1

Diary of a Teenage Girl’ was my first American movie. It was my first movie in an American accent. It’s based on a graphic novel, which was written in 2002 by someone called Phoebe Gloeckner. It was turned into a play by Marielle Heller, who then wrote it as a screenplay for Sundance Labs Picture Quote #1

I’ve always liked American actors particularly. Because that was my first impression. I was very enamoured of America when I was a kid because we were surrounded by American soldiers during the war, the accent was very strange to me, it was very exotic and very captivating Picture Quote #1

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There’s a lot of influences that I have from Detroit that are subliminal. I mean, I spent the first 10 years of my life there. My mom and dad were born and raised there, so a lot of that rubbed off on me. When I get angry, sometimes a Detroit accent comes out Picture Quote #1

I want to show another side of Middle Easterners. My hope is that I would be able to play a variety of parts, and not always be the guy with the accent Picture Quote #1

Tell me the truth - do you think I’ve lost my Southern accent? I feel it comes back to me only when I’m shouting at fights or at baseball games Picture Quote #1

I loved England’s gentility and its civility. I’m from the Bronx, with a Bronx accent. I love the beauty of its language, the ways it’s spoken. I love the green grass of England and the flowers Picture Quote #1

My dad did every single accent under the sun, and he would read bedtime stories Picture Quote #1

My dad knows every single accent from being an old Yiddish grandpa to being Indian or Jamaican. It was very cool to grow up with that Picture Quote #1

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When I was starting out, doing guest spots on TV, and even commercials, I would go in with a whole crazy wardrobe and some terrible accent. Obviously, I was doing too much. If you bring too much flavor to it, it’s absurd. There’s something to just being spontaneous Picture Quote #1

No one understands my accent. I’m constantly going to auditions and being told they don’t like how I talk. You have to live with criticism, and I don’t take it personally Picture Quote #1

In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it’s on the sidewalk that matters, but the fact that you speak with an accent Picture Quote #1

In 1984, I starred in ‘Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan,’ my first movie. My lines ended up being dubbed by Glenn Close, supposedly because my accent was ‘too southern’. It was completely humiliating at the time. I became a laughing stock. I’m amazed that I managed to pick myself up and dust myself off Picture Quote #1

Everyone tells me I have a funny accent. It’s because I copy people. I learned English at school but have best friends who are French, Australian, English and American; a very weird mix Picture Quote #1

I grew up on a pig farm in southeast Nebraska. When I started doing the Blue Collar Tour, I thought it was kind of funny because I faked my accent, so everybody thought I lived in an apartment somewhere. But I grew up on a pig farm Picture Quote #1

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When you doubt one thing about yourself, you start thinking there’s also something wrong with your hair, your body, your clothes, your accent Picture Quote #1

When I first left drama school, I was too posh for the working-class parts and not posh enough for the upper-class roles. You know what England is like: the gradations of accent and how you’re judged by them are still there. I discovered that to get a break you have to lie about where you’re from Picture Quote #1

It breaks my heart because there are some parts I know I would have the right spirit for, and I just don’t get them because I have an accent Picture Quote #1

I find British men very gentlemanly... like opening doors. There is a certain chivalry about British men which I like, and I’m a sucker for an accent Picture Quote #1

It’s actually reassuring to see people struggling to do our accent instead of us constantly trying to emulate British or American accents, which we are always asked to do Picture Quote #1

If you walk through Knightsbridge on any bland day of the week you won’t hear an English accent. You’ll hear every accent under the sun apart from the British accent Picture Quote #1

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I’d like to talk in my own accent, but then there’s that thing about getting typecast as, ‘The British guy.’ The role that makes you, that’s normally what you’re cast as forever more. Like, if I did a huge film with my British accent, that would be that Picture Quote #1

I’m not really much of an actor, so when I started on ‘The Daily Show,’ I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson. Having a British accent definitely gave me a sonic leg up on that because there is a faux authority to the British accent in and of itself Picture Quote #1

I always say Los Angeles is the place where British people come to exceed their worth. It’s quite true of everything: The British accent does open doors Picture Quote #1

I am very shy. If I am flying British Airways and the airhostess asks me two questions, and I don’t understand her accent Â” I will go hungry for the entire flight Picture Quote #1

I can’t do an accent unless I’m on the set. I forget how to do it until I’m on the set Picture Quote #1

I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in ‘The Sound of Music’ at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews! Picture Quote #1

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I’m still a member of the Empire! Although I sometimes feel like an American with a British accent - you get contaminated after so long. (Accent Quotes) The great thing about not being American is that you don’t assume you know what a Southern accent sounds like, so you have to be specific. (Accent Quotes) Because in Australia we’re so inundated with American culture, television, this that and the other, everyone in Australia can do an American accent. It’s just second nature. (Accent Quotes) Afrikaans is my first language, although you would never know, as my English accent has more of an American-British thing going on from all my years of travelling. (Accent Quotes) Diary of a Teenage Girl’ was my first American movie. It was my first movie in an American accent. It’s based on a graphic novel, which was written in 2002 by someone called Phoebe Gloeckner. It was turned into a play by Marielle Heller, who then wrote it as a screenplay for Sundance Labs. (Accent Quotes) I’ve always liked American actors particularly. Because that was my first impression. I was very enamoured of America when I was a kid because we were surrounded by American soldiers during the war, the accent was very strange to me, it was very exotic and very captivating. (Accent Quotes) There’s a lot of influences that I have from Detroit that are subliminal. I mean, I spent the first 10 years of my life there. My mom and dad were born and raised there, so a lot of that rubbed off on me. When I get angry, sometimes a Detroit accent comes out. (Accent Quotes) I want to show another side of Middle Easterners. My hope is that I would be able to play a variety of parts, and not always be the guy with the accent. (Accent Quotes) Tell me the truth - do you think I’ve lost my Southern accent? I feel it comes back to me only when I’m shouting at fights or at baseball games. (Accent Quotes) I loved England’s gentility and its civility. I’m from the Bronx, with a Bronx accent. I love the beauty of its language, the ways it’s spoken. I love the green grass of England and the flowers. (Accent Quotes) My dad did every single accent under the sun, and he would read bedtime stories (Accent Quotes) My dad knows every single accent from being an old Yiddish grandpa to being Indian or Jamaican. It was very cool to grow up with that. (Accent Quotes) When I was starting out, doing guest spots on TV, and even commercials, I would go in with a whole crazy wardrobe and some terrible accent. Obviously, I was doing too much. If you bring too much flavor to it, it’s absurd. There’s something to just being spontaneous. (Accent Quotes) No one understands my accent. I’m constantly going to auditions and being told they don’t like how I talk. You have to live with criticism, and I don’t take it personally. (Accent Quotes) In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it’s on the sidewalk that matters, but the fact that you speak with an accent. (Accent Quotes) In 1984, I starred in ‘Greystoke: The Legend Of Tarzan,’ my first movie. My lines ended up being dubbed by Glenn Close, supposedly because my accent was ‘too southern’. It was completely humiliating at the time. I became a laughing stock. I’m amazed that I managed to pick myself up and dust myself off. (Accent Quotes) Everyone tells me I have a funny accent. It’s because I copy people. I learned English at school but have best friends who are French, Australian, English and American; a very weird mix. (Accent Quotes) I grew up on a pig farm in southeast Nebraska. When I started doing the Blue Collar Tour, I thought it was kind of funny because I faked my accent, so everybody thought I lived in an apartment somewhere. But I grew up on a pig farm. (Accent Quotes) When you doubt one thing about yourself, you start thinking there’s also something wrong with your hair, your body, your clothes, your accent. (Accent Quotes) When I first left drama school, I was too posh for the working-class parts and not posh enough for the upper-class roles. You know what England is like: the gradations of accent and how you’re judged by them are still there. I discovered that to get a break you have to lie about where you’re from. (Accent Quotes) It breaks my heart because there are some parts I know I would have the right spirit for, and I just don’t get them because I have an accent. (Accent Quotes) I find British men very gentlemanly... like opening doors. There is a certain chivalry about British men which I like, and I’m a sucker for an accent. (Accent Quotes) It’s actually reassuring to see people struggling to do our accent instead of us constantly trying to emulate British or American accents, which we are always asked to do. (Accent Quotes) If you walk through Knightsbridge on any bland day of the week you won’t hear an English accent. You’ll hear every accent under the sun apart from the British accent. (Accent Quotes) I’d like to talk in my own accent, but then there’s that thing about getting typecast as, ‘The British guy.’ The role that makes you, that’s normally what you’re cast as forever more. Like, if I did a huge film with my British accent, that would be that. (Accent Quotes) I’m not really much of an actor, so when I started on ‘The Daily Show,’ I was just trying to adopt the faux authority of a newsperson. Having a British accent definitely gave me a sonic leg up on that because there is a faux authority to the British accent in and of itself. (Accent Quotes) I always say Los Angeles is the place where British people come to exceed their worth. It’s quite true of everything: The British accent does open doors. (Accent Quotes) I am very shy. If I am flying British Airways and the airhostess asks me two questions, and I don’t understand her accent Â” I will go hungry for the entire flight. (Accent Quotes) I can’t do an accent unless I’m on the set. I forget how to do it until I’m on the set. (Accent Quotes) I have to say that getting to tackle Maria in ‘The Sound of Music’ at Carnegie Hall was surreal. When I heard my voice, it was all I could do to keep myself from doing a British accent and sound like Julie Andrews! (Accent Quotes)

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