100 Quotes About Accent

  • Author Lee Humphrey
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    It's probably because of my country accent and because I study quite a bit. My head is always in some textbook.

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  • Author Salma Hayek
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    I grew up in Mexico, not the U.S., and the fact is that there just aren't any parts for Latin actresses. I have to persuade people that my accent won't be a problem, but an asset.

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  • Author Lily James
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    My dad did every single accent under the sun, and he would read bedtime stories.

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  • Author Mallory Jansen
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    It's funny because when I'm outside Australia, I never get to do my Australian accent in anything. It's always a Danish accent or an English accent or an American accent.

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  • Author Rebecca Jones
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    A lot of people now are using the island as an accent piece. It's in the same wood species, but with a different color and a different finish.

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  • Author Adhir Kalyan
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    Growing up in this post-apartheid era, the first generation of teens in South Africa living in this new democracy, I often found myself feeling different. I was often the only person of color in an otherwise all-white school. And within the Indian community, because of my training with an English acting teacher, my accent was very different.

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  • Author Adhir Kalyan
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    What I try to do with the accent of any character I play is not necessarily to do something that's generic - an Indian accent and that's how it sounds, for example. I think the accent needs to sound authentic on this person.

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  • Author John Key
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    My mother had an incredibly strong accent - although I couldn't hear it - and she was the main person there, so I'll have learnt to speak English from her.

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