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It's easier to act in your own accent. — James Nesbitt

Apparently when I went to school, I had a Glasgow accent. — Annalena McAfee

Vests are flair for men. It's one of the few ways men can accent themselves in a formal yet fun fashion. — Eric Wareheim

Auditioning for a couple of years, 99 per cent of the time you are doing an American accent. — Jai Courtney

His accent was absolutely delicious and I didn't mind talking to him for a little while. — Yolanda Olson

His accent was thick and British, the kind that makes North Americans feel slightly ashamed. — Andrew Kaufman

Often, Americans think any northern English accent is Australian. — Ryan Cartwright

There was something in the music of the accent that Douglass liked: it was as if the Cork people put long lazy hammocks in their sentences. — Colum McCann

The man spoke with an accent, and though I couldn't exactly place it, I knew that he was poor. His voice had snakes in it. And dysentery, and mangoes. — David Sedaris

Also "Catcher in the Rye", which happens to be one of my favorite books, I just found that kind of useful. It helps you get into the American accent. — Freddie Highmore

I speak English without an accent, and I speak Spanish without an accent. I really do have the best of both worlds. — Eva Mendes

When you become an American, they give you an injection so your accent changes. — Jose Andres

It is poverty's speech that seeks us out the most.
It is older than the oldest speech of Rome.
This is the tragic accent of the scene. — Wallace Stevens

When I went to London, they told me I spoke with a funny accent - English with a Chinese accent. — Jean-Georges Vongerichten

In bed watching Family Guy. Love this show.! So hilarious! Stewie is my favorite love his accent. — Paris Hilton

Mrs. Reilly called in that accent that occurs south of New Jersey only in New Orleans, that Hoboken near the Gulf of Mexico. — John Kennedy Toole

I've always felt very comfortable with accents. Once I get an accent, I can do it, and that's just something I've been able to do my whole life. — Sharlto Copley

My papa halfling," he answered, imitating Oliver's thick accent. "And — R.A. Salvatore

Open duh computer." Germans ought to farm out all positions of petty authority. The accent remained too full of implication. — Jonathan Lethem

For Cider House Rules, I was doing a New England accent. — Michael Caine

I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent. — Alan Rickman

The flaw in the pluralist heaven is that the heavenly chorus sings with a strong upper-class accent. — Elmer Eric Schattschneider

I love the Scottish accent; it is very sexy. — Rita Ora

I stepped out of the circle of his arms with reluctance and patted him on his butt. "That'll do, donkey," I said, in my best Scottish accent. — H.D. Gordon

When you doubt one thing about yourself, you start thinking there's also something wrong with your hair, your body, your clothes, your accent. — Freida Pinto

To be honest, it's easier for me to speak with an American accent. — Radha Mitchell

I think the Northern Ireland accent is one of the most beautiful in the world. — Colum McCann

I tend to land roles that are somewhat villainous for some reason. Usually, people blame it on the accent. — India De Beaufort

Her soft spanish accent and her infinite arsenal of sighs. — Kiersten White

Accent your positive and delete your negative. — Donna Karan

That's not me talking, it's your inner voice. I'd attempt the accent, only I don't speak low self-esteem. It's a language I've never needed to learn. — Sophie Hannah

Vowels Irish marks long vowels with an accent; short vowels have no accent. Here are the main vowel sounds: — Ryan Hackney

Her voice made me drunk, deep and sun-warmed, a hint of a foreign accent, Swedish singsong a generation removed. — Janet Fitch

Outside of a French accent and maybe Italian, Able thought the sexiest accent had to be a soft, sophisticated Southern belle accent. — Adam W. Jones

I actually had a cockney accent before I went to drama school. It's softened up a bit. — Gemma Arterton

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. — Orlando Bloom

I'm a sucker for any guy with an accent with any kind. — Janeane Garofalo

I played a lot of leaders, autocratic sorts; perhaps it was my Canadian accent. — Leslie Nielsen

It's a tough accent. It's difficult for actors who are not Kiwis. — Martin Henderson

I'm not talking with an American accent. I haven't gone off and become Sammy Hagar. — Billy Idol

No one can understand my accent! — Jean-Georges Vongerichten

I can do Shakespeare, Ibsen, English accents, Irish accents, no accent, stand on my head, tap dance, sing, look 17 or look 70. — Diane Ladd

I still have an accent. But when I return to Prague, I speak the language yet do not know what they are talking about. — Peter Sis

I was kind of an obnoxious kid. I would imitate Celine Dion. I would jump around and belt to the rafters and do the accent and everything. — Kimiko Glenn

Whenever I'm in the U.K., people say I have an American accent. Which is, obviously, funny. — Zedd

I never worked with a dialogue coach before, but I'd hate it if an American did a British accent and didn't do it well. It would be insulting. — Tracey Ullman

I'm completely Americanized - I have an American accent, an American wife - but a residue of me is foreign. — Dinesh D'Souza

Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents. — Earl Wilson

Since the Exodus, freedom has always spoken with a Hebrew accent. — Heinrich Heine

I don't have an English accent because this is what English sounds like when spoken properly. — James Carr

Apapa, Falyn, she scolded with a perfect Greek accent. — Jamie McGuire

East Harlem accent: — R.J. Palacio

Somebody should clip Sting around the head and tell him to stop using that ridiculous Jamaican accent. — Elvis Costello

I'm good with accents and stuff; it's mostly that I have a really good Spanish accent, so it sounds like I speak a lot better than I do. — Summer Phoenix

He would always speak the language of the heart with an awkward foreign accent. — Orson Scott Card

The only thing I did at RKO of any note was lose my Texas accent. — Dorothy Malone

I actually always try to not do a general American accent. I always try to give a region. — Janet Montgomery

To cultivate an English accent is already a departure away from what you are. — Sean Connery

Nobody's going to tell me to rap in an American accent. — Estelle

I feel like I'm kind of faking something if I'm talking as myself and putting on an accent. — Melanie Lynskey

No, no, no. Your accent is so beautiful. — Maya Rudolph

I'm a Yente and I have a terrible accent. — Lynn Samuels

He was from Glasgow. Everything past "good morning" was a blur. — Natasha Pulley

His accent was thick, rippling through my ears like syrup mixed with gin. — Nora Flite

At first I thought I would have to put on an English accent and try a sort of affected Shakespeare thing. — Leonardo DiCaprio

I love talking in an American accent. Even though it hurts my face after a few hours. — Rebel Wilson

When's the last time you walked by a pub in Dublin and heard Irish music? When's the last time you ordered a coffee and heard an Irish accent? — Michael Flatley

I want to lick his accent right off his mouth, — Robin Bielman

When Daniela drinks, three things happen: her native accent begins to bleed through, she becomes belligerently kind, and she tends toward hyperbole. — Blake Crouch

People say I've 'retained' my Cockney accent. I can do any accent, but I wanted other working-class boys to know that they could become actors. — Michael Caine

Seriously, I don't know any American girl who can resist an English accent. — Stephanie Perkins

Adrijana speaks Norwegian with an upper-class, west-end accent. — Derek B. Miller

I have to say that, though it sounds so superficial, the accent really does help. I like having accents preparing for a part. — Emily Mortimer

The female asked him, "Have you ever been bait? Well, besides jailbait. Rowr." "I can't say that I have, ma'am." Texan accent? — Kresley Cole

I think I'm going to keep my Irish accent forever now in any movie I make, because chicks dig it and that's all I care about now! — Chris O'Dowd

An accent in a way can be an entry into a character. — Toni Collette

I wouldn't use a British accent out loud, but I'd be using one in my head and it would carry over. — Miranda July

I guess I'd always mocked the American accent. I didn't consider it a respectable dialect, but I was told that it was. — Callan McAuliffe

Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common. — Gloria Swanson

I can rap in a London accent, make weird faces, wear spandex, wigs, and black lipstick. I can be more creative than the average male rapper. — Nicki Minaj

When someone with a rural accent says, "I don't know much about politics," zip up your pockets. — Donald Rumsfeld

To me, anyone with an Australian accent wielding a tennis racket is cool. — Adrian Smith

It's not that I don't understand it. But people think if you speak with an English accent it somehow makes you smarter. — Billy Bob Thornton

Ooh. British accent alert. I love accents. I sat up straighter to make sure I didn't miss a word. — Heather Davis

I'm strong, fight to deat, ja?' I almost laughed at hearing a wolf accent through mindspeech. — Chanda Hahn

I studied voice for three months to get rid of my English accent. I changed my hair to blonde. I knew I could be sexy if I had to. — Deborah Kerr

The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

I love accents - I wish I could find an accent for every one of my characters. It makes it so much easier when I don't have to hear my own voice. — Amy Adams

I'm pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately. — Cillian Murphy

You may rely on it," he (Tommasso) said with that exotic accent.
"Sorry, I don't speak Magic 8-Ball. — Mimi Jean Pamfiloff

Their perfect English accents. As if serving all their vowels on a fine set of tongs. — Colum McCann

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. — Salma Hayek

Yum-O! I say this if something is so good that 'yum' just isn't enough of an exclamation. The accent is on the 'O' as in, 'Oh! That is so good!' — Rachael Ray

I enjoy the reaction I get in the U.S.A. when people discover I have an English accent. They don't expect that, and it's kind of a kick. — Marsha Thomason

Thought you were making a James Band Joke. Hard to tell with that accent — G. Norman Lippert

Funny enough, every role that I have had, I try to tone down my accent or speak with better diction. — Djimon Hounsou

It's the accent. Women always swoon for an accent." I rolled my eyes.
"And does the accent work on you? — Nichole Chase

I am pleased, he said with a rich throaty accent. My heart melted. Simple as they were, those three little words meant the world to me. — Red Phoenix

I was also going to give a graduation speech in Arizona this weekend. But with my accent, I was afraid they would try to deport me. — Arnold Schwarzenegger

I think when you have to train an accent, it just takes you absolutely into another spectrum of the character. — Kodi Smit-McPhee