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Accent Quotes

How you sound, and what it says about you.

These accent quotes touch on a natural voice becoming a career asset and a Southern accent seen as unsuited to certain classic roles. See our Acting quotes for related craft.

My hair and my accent are sort of my main assets.

Quotes by Xavier Samuel

I have a smaller bottom lip, but in 'Wheeler,' I had a lip over my lip. It's fat, and it helped with my accent.

Quotes by Stephen Dorff

I still keep my accent.

Quotes by Samantha Fox

My accent is... sort of an Edinburgh sort of soft southwest Scottish accent. It could almost be English.

Quotes by Sam Heughan

Acting Quotes

I do have a Mexican accent, but that doesn't mean that I'm a Latin vamp.

Quotes by Salma Hayek

Often, Americans think any northern English accent is Australian.

Quotes by Ryan Cartwright

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

Quotes by Rafael Benitez

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

Quotes by Radha Mitchell

Work on the accent, it will enliven the whole.

Quotes by Pierre Bonnard

Almost Quotes

When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right.

Quotes by Michael Caine

No, no, no. Your accent is so beautiful.

Quotes by Maya Rudolph

I took acting and elocution lessons, to get rid of my Sicilian accent.

Quotes by Maria Grazia Cucinotta

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

Quotes by Lynn Samuels

I love the Midwest accent.

Quotes by Lucy Punch

Always Quotes

I'm the only one in my family with an American accent.

Quotes by Lola Kirke

You can't do Shakespeare with a Southern accent, honey.

Quotes by Katy Mixon

I can hardly understand the Australian accent.

Quotes by Joey Santiago

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

Quotes by Jean-Georges Vongerichten

I'm intimidated by anyone with a British accent.

Quotes by Jason Aaron

American Quotes

The East Texas accent is a famously difficult accent to do.

Quotes by James Purefoy

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Frequently Asked Questions

What's the general theme across accent quotes?
Most come from performers discussing accents as a professional skill — something to master, hide, or use carefully depending on the role.
Is there a quote about accent being part of someone's identity?
Yes, one names their voice and manner of speaking as among their most defining personal traits.
Do any quotes discuss regional accents in performance?
One jokes about how a particular Southern way of speaking simply doesn't suit classical stage material.
Is there a quote about doing an accent well?
Yes, one explains that a convincing accent should go unnoticed at first if it's done properly.
What topic pairs with accent quotes?
Our Acting quotes are the closest match, since this whole topic is grounded in performance craft.

Others describe the goal of a convincing accent going unnoticed and a small physical detail that helped shape one performer's delivery. Pair this with our Almost or American quotes.