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American Accent Quotes

What an accent gives away, and what it hides.

An American accent turns out to be harder to control than people assume here — one actor admits it's tricky to switch back and forth with Spanish, another says fans are disappointed to hear it at all, expecting an English voice instead.

For me, my taste isn't limited to magical films. Whatever I read and I like, I go up for, and a lot of the time it's an American accent which can be quite trying, but I'm working on it as...

Quotes by William Moseley

People are disappointed when they hear my American accent because they regard 'The Police' as an English band but I've clung to my American-ness all the way.

Quotes by Stewart Copeland

When I have to switch back and forth, it's not hard to go from the American accent to speaking Spanish, but then speaking Spanish and going back into the American accent is hard. I practice it so much. I talk...

Quotes by Sarah Bolger

There aren't a lot of Portuguese models, so everyone always expects me to be Brazilian because of my features, sometimes even American, as I have a slight American accent when I speak English.

Quotes by Sara Sampaio

Always Quotes

When I was about five, I could do a vaguely decent American accent - straight through kind of decent - and 'Hercules' needed some kids. I definitely wasn't a good actor.

Quotes by Rose McIver

I felt so out of place at the Miss India pageant. I had just come back from America, and I was told I needed to lose my American accent and learn the Queen's English, so I had to enunciate my...

Quotes by Priyanka Chopra

I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent and have a good crack at doing that.

Quotes by Orlando Bloom

I was born in New York and moved to London with my family when I was five. I did have an American accent for a couple of months, and then it went a way.

Quotes by Lucy Boynton

Usually, certainly British singers, adopt an American accent when they sing and I think that usually people are thinking of somebody else, but I just think of very specific people.

Quotes by Jane Horrocks

American Quotes

Most Australians who've got an ear can do an American accent because we grow up listening to them on television and in movies.

Quotes by Jacki Weaver

I often find during a day of shooting I will speak in an American accent all day long when I'm doing dialogue. At the end of the day, it often takes an effort when I'm talking to my fiancee to...

Quotes by Henry Cavill

I've played American characters so many times now, it's so natural to me. But when I play American, I stay in the American accent from the minute I get the job till the minute I wrap.

Quotes by Gregg Sulkin

I think most British people who say they can do an American accent are so bad at it. I find it excruciating. I find it excruciating the other way around, too.

Quotes by Eileen Atkins

When I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till makeup comes off. I just want everyone to be at ease, and not have the show's creators think, 'Oh my god,...

Quotes by Damian Lewis

Frequently Asked Questions

What's the common thread across these American accent quotes?
How much an accent shapes perception — several speakers describe people reacting with surprise or disappointment based on how 'American' they sound.
Why would someone search for American accent quotes?
Often for writing about identity, acting, or bilingual life. These quotes are grounded in specific, lived difficulty rather than generalizations about accents.
Is there a quote about the difficulty of switching between accents?
Yes — it notes that going from an American accent into Spanish is easy, but coming back the other way is noticeably harder, something practiced nearly every Day.
Do any quotes touch on being mistaken for a different nationality?
One does — a model with Portuguese features says people expect her to be Brazilian, until they hear the slight American accent when she speaks English.
Is the American accent always framed positively in this set?
Not always — one actor admits fans are disappointed to hear it, since they'd assumed an English band meant an English voice, showing how an accent can undercut expectations.

There's an identity thread too: clinging to an American accent as a marker of who you are, even when people expect otherwise, like the model assumed Brazilian who explains that slight accent nearly every Day.