My accent was horrible. In Mexico, nobody says, 'You speak English with a good accent. ' You either speak English, or you don't: As long as you can communicate, no one cares.
I have a three-piece suit. I’m an art collector. I have a funny accent. So I’m probably the killer.
I aspire to be Jack Nicholson. I love his every single mannerism. I used to try and be him in virtually everything I did, I don't know why. I watched One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest when I was about 13, and I dressed like him. I tried to do his accent. I did everything like him. I think it kind of stuck with me.
It's rare that there's a role that requires an Australian accent.
I'm sorry,' said the shopkeeper. 'I can't understand your ridiculous accent. ' 'My accent?' 'It is quite silly. ' 'So you can't understand me?' 'Not a word. ' 'Then how did you understand that?' 'I didn't. ' ''You didn't understand what I just said?' 'That's right. ' 'You understood that, though. ' 'Not at all. ' The American glowered.
Um, thanks,” she said. It was nice to see one woman finally immune to that accent. That wasn’t to say Rose wasn’t a sucker for accents. She just preferred hers from the other side of Europe.
I'm conscious enough that how I'm singing is not my own accent.
The accent today is on results, not on how well you work. You can't build a skyscraper in a day, but you can build a shack.
I was also going to give a graduation speech in Arizona this weekend. But with my accent, I was afraid they would try to deport me.
I havent lost my culture, just my accent.
I always wonder whether I'll get treated differently with a different accent.
Compassion speaks with a slight accent. She was a vulnerable child, miserable in school, cold, shy. . . In ninth grade she was befriended by Courage. Courage lent Compassion bright sweaters, explained the slang, showed her how to play volleyball.
We [ with Russel Crowe] had an Arabic coach there [ in the Body of Lies] that was really helpful, because it was more so than any accent. You have to be so exact, and there's different dialects of Arabic from country to country so it was really, really difficult to tell you the truth. And one of the hardest things I've ever had to do language-wise, because it comes from the throat. It's different. And also learning about the customs and the culture and all that, so we had advisors for that sort of thing.
Today's Uncle Tom doesn't wear a handkerchief on his head. This modern, twentieth-century Uncle Thomas now often wears a top hat. He's usually well-dressed and well-educated. He's often the personification of culture and refinement. The twentieth-century Uncle Thomas sometimes speaks with a Yale or Harvard accent. Sometimes he is known as Professor, Doctor, Judge, and Reverend, even Right Reverend Doctor. This twentieth-century Uncle Thomas is a professional Negro -by that I mean his profession is being a Negro for the white man.
I would love to play a British character one day. My accent wavers between Scottish and Irish very easily, though.
My mom makes the best Cajun stuff. I'm a big gumbo guy. I've lost a lot of my Louisiana accent, so now when I say 'gumbo,' I feel like someone who's never said the word before.
I guess if they ever do a remake of 'Sophie's Choice,' I could play the Meryl Streep part. I've got to work on my Polish accent. Maybe I'll be the definitive King Lear one day. You know, if they ever feel that King Lear should be more Jewy.
I think the Northern Ireland accent is one of the most beautiful in the world.
I'm pretty adamant to do an American accent because you get it immediately.
My mom has an English accent, so we always referred to the trunk as the 'boot. ' And then, suddenly, we moved to Georgia and I would say things like 'open the boot' with a bit of an accent, and I quickly realized I had to adapt; that kind of thing will get you beat up!