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Southern Accent Quotes
I knew no one in New York City was going to hire me if I had a southern accent.
Ainsley Earhardt
Me
City
Had
No-One
Knew
New
Accent
Hire
Southern
Southern Accent
York
Going
New York
New York City
When you say, 'Southern,' or you speak about a southern accent, there's always that drawl, and usually from white people. That's what people associate with the South. But we're all different. The black southern accent is different.
Angie Thomas
You
People
Speak
Black
White
Say
About
Accent
Always
South
Southern
Southern Accent
Different
Associate
The great thing about not being American is that you don't assume you know what a Southern accent sounds like, so you have to be specific.
Cate Blanchett
Great
You
Assume
About
Like
Know
Great Thing
Accent
Sounds
Southern
Southern Accent
American
Being
Specific
Thing
They seem to be charmed by my Southern accent.
Cleo Moore
Seem
Charmed
Accent
Southern
Southern Accent
Tell me the truth - do you think I've lost my Southern accent? I feel it comes back to me only when I'm shouting at fights or at baseball games.
Cleo Moore
Truth
Me
You
Lost
Think
Back
Tell
Only
Feel
Accent
Southern
Southern Accent
Shouting
Fights
Games
Baseball
You know, so many people say TV makes you stupid. But it had the complete opposite effect on me. It kept me from having a really bad Southern accent.
DJ Qualls
Me
You
People
Stupid
Complete
Complete Opposite
Say
TV
Bad
People Say
Having
Had
Know
Accent
Makes
Opposite
Effect
Southern
Southern Accent
So Many People
Really
Many
Kept
I think that's what's great about being an actress is you get to learn so many different things like that, like learning a little bit of Tibetan here, learning a Southern accent there.
Jaime King
Great
You
Learning
Think
Bit
About
Tibetan
Like
Accent
Learn
Southern
Southern Accent
Get
So Many Different Things
Being
Different
Little
Little Bit
Many
Different Things
Actress
Things
Here
If you talk with a Southern accent, it's perceived as though you are slow. That's not the case. I've met just as many dumb people who talk without an accent as with.
Jake Peavy
You
People
Slow
Met
Though
Perceived
Case
Talk
Accent
Without
Dumb
Dumb People
Southern
Southern Accent
Just
Who
Many
The fact that I have a Southern accent and write about a lot of rural things leads people to put me in the country category.
Jason Isbell
Me
People
Country
Rural
About
Fact
Write
Put
Leads
Category
Accent
Lot
Southern
Southern Accent
Things
I'm from the South, where if you walk down the street and there's somebody behind you talking with a Southern accent, you can't tell whether it's a black or a white person.
Johnnie Cochran
You
Walk
Black
Somebody
White
Down
Tell
Accent
Talking
South
Southern
Southern Accent
Person
Behind
Where
Whether
Street
I had a Southern accent but I had broken it so hard.
Josh Lucas
Broken
Had
Accent
Southern
Southern Accent
Hard
You can't do Shakespeare with a Southern accent, honey.
Katy Mixon
You
Honey
Shakespeare
Accent
Southern
Southern Accent
I, on the other hand, have a bit of a southern accent.
Michael W. Smith
Other
Bit
Accent
Hand
Southern
Southern Accent
I went to NYU drama school, so I was a very serious actress. I used to do monologues with a Southern accent, and I was really into drama and drama school. And then, in my last year of drama school, I did a comedy show, and the show became a big hit on campus.
Molly Shannon
School
Comedy
Big
Year
Drama
Drama School
Accent
Became
Big Hit
Very
Campus
Hit
Southern
Southern Accent
Did
Then
Really
Used
Show
Serious
Actress
NYU
Last
Monologues
Last Year
I learned how to get rid of the Southern accent when I was, like, 11 years old and living in New York for the summer doing modeling and commercials and auditioning for Broadway. The mother I lived with for the summer taught me how to drop my Southern accent.
Nikki DeLoach
Me
Mother
Old
Drop
Living
Summer
Broadway
New
Like
Accent
Learned
How
Auditioning
Doing
Years
Southern
Southern Accent
Modeling
Commercials
Get
York
Taught
New York
Rid
Lived
Now, I don't know about my peers, but I get nervous - okay, I genuinely freak out - when an actor starts trying on a Southern accent. That's for Brits trying to find the easiest way to sound American.
Rod Lurie
Nervous
Starts
Brits
Peers
Way
Easiest
Okay
Easiest Way
Out
Find
Freak
About
Know
Accent
Genuinely
Sound
Southern
Southern Accent
Get
Trying
American
Now
Actor
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