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I've been a loner all my life, so it didn't bother me that Hungarian was my first language and that I had to learn English. I had a pretty heavy accent in junior high school and would say things like 'wolume control' instead of 'volume control.' Tommy Ramone

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I was surprised by some of my French colleagues who immediately assumed that because I spoke English with an American accent, that, therefore, you must be a supporter of whoever is the current president of the United States. There seems to be this widespread feeling that, 'Oh, American accent - therefore, you like cowboy boots.' Toomas Hendrik Ilves

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I do believe that there are African Americans who have thick accents. My mom has a thick accent; my relatives have thick accents. But sometimes you have to adjust when you go into the world of film, TV, theatre, in order to make it accessible to people. Viola Davis

I would pay good money for a British accent. Whitney Wolfe Herd

Good Money Pay Would Accent British

One of the challenges obviously with doing an accent from a time period early in history is that there aren't recordings. You would never really get the opportunity to hear exactly what you were shooting for. Will Poulter

Because I had an accent, people had this impression that I was dumb. Wilmer Valderrama

People Had Accent Because Dumb Impression

Thank God, I have sort of a pan-European accent rather than Russian, which doesn't sound very pleasantly to Americans. For them, we speak with a rather rude pitch, and that might be our actors' problem there. Now I've begun working with language coaches in Los Angeles to get rid of the accent completely. Yuliya Snigir

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The more cynical commentators on our careers would say that the northern accent has been the basis of our success. There's a certain authenticity to the voice - which isn't to my credit; I was just born there. Bob Mortimer

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In 'Shirin Farhad' I play the character of a Parsi woman. Though I was born a Parsi, in a Parsi family, I don't have the right accent. Farah Khan

Family Character Woman Though I Was Born Born Accent Play Right

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

Hair Main Accent Sort Assets

Well, I couldn't speak English before I went to Belfast. So I learned English with a Northern Irish accent. Katie Melua

Speak Before Well Accent Learned Irish Northern English Belfast

What can often happen when doing accents is that you go too far to one extreme, so it becomes a caricature. It’s important to bring an accent back to a natural organic place so you’re still speaking like you would speak, just the sound is different. But your rhythms are not. Killian Scott

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I used to play a lot of foreign women in my youth because I was prettier then. I would go for interviews, and directors would look at these sultry, exotic looks, hear this clipped accent and think the two don't go together. So they would give me a foreign accent. Kate O'Mara

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I've been banging on about doing stuff in Birmingham for years and years, and everyone says 'We can't, it's the accent thing.' For some reason it's a very difficult accent to get right, harder even than Geordie. Steven Knight

It’s part of my challenge as an actor, not only speaking English but speaking Spanish with a Mexican accent. Natalia Reyes

Challenge Only Part Accent Mexican Spanish Speaking English Actor

It's my biggest advantage with girls - I'm going to try to keep my accent as much as can. Cody Simpson

Try Girl Advantage Accent Going Biggest Much Keep

I'm completely Americanized - I have an American accent, an American wife - but a residue of me is foreign. Dinesh D'Souza

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I think moving from Ireland to Australia, you couldn't get a more different accent on the palate. The Irish accent is very muscular and involves a lot of tongue and cheek-muscle work, whereas the Australian accent is really flat; the palate is quite broad. They're at almost opposite ends of the scale, so I feel it was good training. Genevieve O'Reilly

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I used to have an Australian accent for school and an Irish accent for home. Genevieve O'Reilly

Home School Accent Australian Irish Used

The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech. Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Man Heart Mind Country Remains Accent Does His Native Speech

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