If my accent betrayed my foreign birth, it also stamped me as an enemy, in the imagination of the producers.
Bela Lugosi
ImaginationMeEnemyBirthAccent
My mum won't speak to me unless I speak properly on the phone. I have to speak 'American' for work, so often the accent comes through when I'm not at work.
Hannah Simone
WorkMeSpeakAmericanPhoneAccent
I'm a bit like a chameleon with my accent.
Joel Kinnaman
ChameleonLikeAccentBit
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
PeopleI CanKnowSayBecomeAccent
I toned down my accent at school; otherwise, people would pick on me.
Michelle Ryan
SchoolPeopleMeDownWouldAccent
Shakespeare's language does not require a British accent. It requires a facility with language, and that's all.
Joss Whedon
LanguageBritishAccentShakespeare
The only thing I did at RKO of any note was lose my Texas accent.
Dorothy Malone
TexasLoseNoteOnlyAccentDid
I can't do an accent unless I'm on the set. I forget how to do it until I'm on the set.
Alice Englert
ForgetSetAccentHowUnlessUntil
It's a tough accent. It's difficult for actors who are not Kiwis.
Martin Henderson
ToughDifficultWhoAccent
It's hard to learn an American accent. Some of the Rs at the ends of words are incredibly hard.
Janet McTeer
WordsAmericanLearnHardAccent
Vests are flair for men. It's one of the few ways men can accent themselves in a formal yet fun fashion.
Eric Wareheim
MenFunFashionAccentFormalFew
I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent.
Alan Rickman
ThinkNervousActorEnglishAccent
I actually had a cockney accent before I went to drama school. It's softened up a bit.
Gemma Arterton
SchoolDramaUpAccentCockneyHad
My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.
Xavier Samuel
HairAccentAssetsMainSort
I never really had a strong accent.
Daniel Craig
StrongNeverAccentReallyHad
Someday, I'll make a movie with a British accent.
Andie MacDowell
BritishSomedayMakeAccentMovie
I'm an American by accent, and I grew up in the States, living there between the age of three and 24.
Toomas Hendrik Ilves
AgeAmericanThreeLivingUpAccent
David Fincher is one of the best directors I know, so I'm really curious to see it. Really curious, and I want to hear Daniel have the Swedish accent.
Michael Nyqvist
BestCuriousKnowWantSeeAccent
At a certain point, I had to be like, 'I will not do any more auditions with a Middle Eastern accent.'
Jason Mantzoukas
WillMorePointMiddleLikeAccent
I'm the go-to guy for Mexican priests. I'm the new Barry Fitzgerald, except with a Mexican accent.
Cheech Marin
NewMexicanGuyAccentExceptBarry
Work on the accent, it will enliven the whole.
Pierre Bonnard
WorkWillWholeAccent
I've pretty much played every regional accent you can play in the U.K. I've played German, French, Arabic; I've been Jordanian, Lebanese. I've covered a lot of ground.
Mark Strong
YouPlayGroundPrettyBeenAccent
I actually always try to not do a general American accent. I always try to give a region.
Janet Montgomery
AmericanTryAlwaysGiveAccent
I will buy any creme, cosmetic, or elixir from a woman with a European accent.
Erma Bombeck
WomanWillBuyAccentAnyCosmetic
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