Cockney Quotes

My parents went through the dictionary looking for a beautiful name, nearly called me Banyan, flicked on a few pages and came to China, which is cockney rhyming slang for mate. China Mieville
Beautiful Me Parents Looking Few Through Name Mate Came Dictionary Rhyming Which China Pages Cockney Slang Nearly
I don't want to say I'll never play someone with a cockney accent, but I think I would be irritated by me doing it. Daniel Radcliffe
Me Think Say Would Would-Be Someone Never Accent Doing Want Irritated Cockney Play
There are lots of actors who are posh and stick with that, and there are lots of actors who are cockney, and that's what they do. That's fine, but I don't think that could be said about me. Keeley Hawes
Me Think Fine About Could Stick Said Lots Who Cockney Actor Posh
It was great to play an ex-marine cockney thug. All my roles are as different as the colours of the rainbow. Luke Treadaway
Great Thug Colours Roles Different Cockney Play Rainbow
I'm every bourgeois nightmare - a Cockney with intelligence and a million dollars. Michael Caine
Intelligence Every Bourgeois Dollars Cockney Million Million Dollars Nightmare
In England, I was a Cockney actor. In America, I was an actor. Michael Caine
America England Cockney Actor
People say I've 'retained' my Cockney accent. I can do any accent, but I wanted other working-class boys to know that they could become actors. Michael Caine
People Become Other Say People Say Could Know Accent Boy Any Wanted Working-Class Cockney Actor
One of the main things about Cockney is, you speak at twice the speed as Americans. Americans speak very slow. Michael Caine
You Speak Slow Speed About Main Very American Cockney Twice Things
I grew up with Jilly and Tamsin driving Volvos. But I wasn't one of them... I always felt more comfortable with Cockney and working-class people. My heroes were the Beatles and people like Michael Caine. Tracey Ullman
Beatles People Heroes More Driving Like Comfortable Felt Always Were Up Michael Michael Caine Grew Them Working-Class Cockney
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