#accent

I like to mumble when I act, 'cause I think it's more realistic. For some reason, the impediment has given me the accent of a Mexican gangster. ↗

— David Arquette

#act #cause #gangster #given #i

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. ↗

— Eileen Atkins

#american #american accent #around #bad #british

I've been online doing all kinds of research and that seems to be the constant criticism, that Aibileen's accent was just too thick. And for me, I don't want anything to distract from the character. ↗

— Viola Davis

#anything #been #character #constant #criticism

The tricky thing becomes: Do you know yourself well enough to then portray that on screen? And for me, I find that really hard. I'd rather hide behind accents and funny walks. ↗

— Joel Edgerton

#becomes #behind #do you know #enough #find

I used to say that whenever people heard my Southern accent, they always wanted to deduct 100 IQ points. ↗

— Jeff Foxworthy

#always #deduct #heard #i #iq

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. ↗

— Hugh Grant

#atlantic #crossing #either #even #experience

I was the executive editor on a little magazine called Greek Accent, whose only claim to fame is that its art director went on to be the art director of Discover for many years. ↗

— Jane Haddam

#art #called #claim #director #discover

For whatever reason, we relate to anything godlike with an English accent. The English are very proud of that. And with anything Roman or gladiators, they have an English accent. For an audience, it is an easy trick to hook people in. ↗

— Chris Hemsworth

#anything #audience #easy #english #godlike

My whole deal when I do accents or dialects is I gotta fool the locals. If I fool the locals then I've done my job. ↗

— Brion James

#deal #dialects #done #fool #gotta

I studied voice for three months to get rid of my English accent. I changed my hair to blonde. I knew I could be sexy if I had to. ↗

— Deborah Kerr

#blonde #changed #could #english #get