Quotes About Accent

In 'Shirin Farhad' I play the character of a Parsi woman. Though I was born a Parsi, in a Parsi family, I don't have the right accent.

My mother has lived abroad and I've grown up hearing her talk, so probably that's where I get this accent from.

When I was very little, I had an Essex accent.

I still keep my accent.

I never really had a strong accent.

I can't do an accent unless I'm on the set. I forget how to do it until I'm on the set.

I'm a Yente and I have a terrible accent.

It's easier to act in your own accent.

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

No one can understand my accent!

My accent really comes out when I'm speaking in public or when I'm passionate about something.

Why is it when a white actor or even a black actor does a British accent, it's considered art?

I remember early in my career people telling me I needed to change my accent, that I needed to sound more professional, more BBC perhaps, but I think if I wasn't from Middlesbrough I wouldn't have done as well as I have.

I find the scouse accent a bit difficult, but I will try my best.

I would say the Geordie accent and the scouse accent are similar in terms of I don't understand anything!

It's my biggest advantage with girls - I'm going to try to keep my accent as much as can.

There's sometimes an accent on TV and it's like 'are you American?', because I can kind of pick up on it a little bit and I never want to be in that position.

I'm not conscious of having changed my accent.

Even if I know that people can hear my French accent, my goal is to provide the best English as possible when I act.

As a Scotsman, my accent can sometimes be difficult for people to understand.

The way I work, I didn't hold the accent all day.

If you met me in London, you might be appalled at how English I sounded.

But I just know from experience that accent wise, even if you're an accent genius, crossing the Atlantic is the hardest thing in the world either way.

I've done some version of that Minnesota accent - that Midwestern accent - in sketch comedy for years. It's the quickest way to symbolize you're a mom.