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The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.
I understand English; I read and write English perfectly, but the accent won't go away.
There is no such thing as an ugly accent, like there's no such thing as an ugly flower.
If I'm playing an Indian in a Hollywood film, I won't do it in any funny Indian accent.
My Hindi was not very good, but I guess people liked my accent and gave me Hindi roles.
I actually always try to not do a general American accent. I always try to give a region.
There's always a certain kind of homework you have to do when there's an accent involved.
I don't really pay attention to which accent I have. I'm in a singular box as an actress.
It's my biggest advantage with girls - I'm going to try to keep my accent as much as can.
Everyone thinks that just because you have a Scouse accent, then you must be 'on the rob'.
I have trouble sometimes watching actors - even when they do a great job - with an accent.
I work with accent coaches a lot and try to do my best to get the Australian out of there.
I feel like I'm kind of faking something if I'm talking as myself and putting on an accent.
Whenever I'm in the U.K., people say I have an American accent. Which is, obviously, funny.
Auditioning for a couple of years, 99 per cent of the time you are doing an American accent.
I like to hear BBC Manchester about the news and to learn English and the Manchester accent.
I think, for the English accent, we don't say our Rs, contrary to a standard American accent.
Everyone seemed to be doing well except me and my career. And my accent was no helping me any.
I used to have a little Geordie accent when I was younger; they called me Little Geordie Fran.
An accent always helps me ground a character. It also helps to remind me what age I'm playing.
My accent really comes out when I'm speaking in public or when I'm passionate about something.
I have a difficult time doing an Irish accent; even now, it kind of fades slowly into Scottish.
Generally, nowadays, I'm using my own accent because casting directors want it; they like that.
I was a journalist's dream case study; a gobby girl with an accent who was good at engineering.
I don't understand why the accent you speak in has to indicate what level of intellect you have.
I lost the accent years ago, but I'm still very proud to be Scottish, and I love wearing a kilt.
It's always nice to have somebody with the same accent when you're working in a foreign country.
Has my accent held me back? I don't believe it has at all. I think it can be a colourful accent.
I'm the go-to guy for Mexican priests. I'm the new Barry Fitzgerald, except with a Mexican accent.
Tennessee Williams was a gifted talker with a beautiful accent and we had lots of things in common.
You can be as good an actor as you want but, if your accent is too strong, it's going to limit you.
Funny enough, every role that I have had, I try to tone down my accent or speak with better diction.
An agent once told me that if I would lose my English accent, I would never stop working in America.
Doing an accent removes you from yourself and reminds you, every instant, that you're playing a part.
I reckoned my accent and class would count against me; I didn't see actresses as being working-class.
I'm an American by accent, and I grew up in the States, living there between the age of three and 24.
When I speak to people from Britain, that's when I feel like a fake, speaking with an American accent.
At a certain point, I had to be like, 'I will not do any more auditions with a Middle Eastern accent.'
Someone suggested elocution lessons but there is no way I am changing my accent, I'm proud of my roots.
I used to say that whenever people heard my Southern accent, they always wanted to deduct 100 IQ points.
My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent.
Vests are flair for men. It's one of the few ways men can accent themselves in a formal yet fun fashion.
My accent is... sort of an Edinburgh sort of soft southwest Scottish accent. It could almost be English.
I was hesitant about doing too big a role in an American movie because it meant losing my German accent.
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.
If all you have to criticise me on is my age or my accent, then you really can't defeat me on the issues.
I was always told at school I was posh, then I came to London, and here I'm told I have a country accent.
I was born and raised in New York, so I was blessed - or some say cursed - with a strong New York accent.
I would say the Geordie accent and the scouse accent are similar in terms of I don't understand anything!
I was the only black girl at my junior high school. I had an afro, a Jamaican accent, I looked really old.