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If I'm playing an Indian in a Hollywood film, I won't do it in any funny Indian accent.
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.
I can't do an accent unless I'm on the set. I forget how to do it until I'm on the set.
The accent of one's birthplace remains in the mind and in the heart as in one's speech.
My Hindi was not very good, but I guess people liked my accent and gave me Hindi roles.
There's always a certain kind of homework you have to do when there's an accent involved.
I actually always try to not do a general American accent. I always try to give a region.
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.
Whenever I'm in the U.K., people say I have an American accent. Which is, obviously, funny.
I feel like I'm kind of faking something if I'm talking as myself and putting on an accent.
I like to hear BBC Manchester about the news and to learn English and the Manchester accent.
Auditioning for a couple of years, 99 per cent of the time you are doing an American 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.
Why is it when a white actor or even a black actor does a British accent, it's considered art?
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 used to have a little Geordie accent when I was younger; they called me Little Geordie Fran.
Generally, nowadays, I'm using my own accent because casting directors want it; they like that.
I have a difficult time doing an Irish accent; even now, it kind of fades slowly into Scottish.
It's hard to learn an American accent. Some of the Rs at the ends of words are incredibly hard.
I was a journalist's dream case study; a gobby girl with an accent who was good at engineering.
Has my accent held me back? I don't believe it has at all. I think it can be a colourful accent.
I lost the accent years ago, but I'm still very proud to be Scottish, and I love wearing a kilt.
I don't understand why the accent you speak in has to indicate what level of intellect you have.
It's always nice to have somebody with the same accent when you're working in a foreign country.
When I went to London, they told me I spoke with a funny accent - English with a Chinese accent.
It's maybe a better thought to change the perception of an accent than to avoid it all together.
The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.
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.
I came to this country when I was 13 years old, I couldn't really speak English, and I had an accent.
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.
Doing an accent removes you from yourself and reminds you, every instant, that you're playing a part.
At a certain point, I had to be like, 'I will not do any more auditions with a Middle Eastern accent.'
When I speak to people from Britain, that's when I feel like a fake, speaking with an American accent.
Someone suggested elocution lessons but there is no way I am changing my accent, I'm proud of my roots.
My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent.
I was hesitant about doing too big a role in an American movie because it meant losing my German accent.
My accent is... sort of an Edinburgh sort of soft southwest Scottish accent. It could almost be English.
Vests are flair for men. It's one of the few ways men can accent themselves in a formal yet fun fashion.