#accent

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

#accents #accessible #adjust #african #african americans

When I was a kid, Eisenhower had been President forever, and all of a sudden, everything in the world was all about Jack Kennedy. I was 12, interested in politics; my father was from Massachusetts, had an accent like Kennedy. ↗

— James Ellroy

#accent #been #eisenhower #everything #father

It has to be a very specific role for me because of my accent. I can't complain; I've been working since I got to LA. But it is hard. I have no training as an actress so I try whatever I do like school, because I'm learning. ↗

— Sofia Vergara

#actress #because #been #complain #got

I understand English; I read and write English perfectly, but the accent won't go away. ↗

— Sofia Vergara

#away #english #go #go away #i

Yes, I'm blonde. When I started as an actor, because of the accent and my body and my personality, it was not what the stereotype of the Latina woman in Hollywood is, so they didn't know where to put me. The blond hair wasn't matching. The moment I put my hair dark, it was better for my work. ↗

— Sofia Vergara

#actor #because #better #blond #blond hair

My accent depends on whom I'm around. ↗

— Claire Forlani

#around #depends #i #whom

Today's accent may be on youth, but the stress is still on the parents. ↗

— Earl Wilson

#may #parents #still #stress #today

I actually had a cockney accent before I went to drama school. It's softened up a bit. ↗

— Gemma Arterton

#actually #before #bit #cockney #drama

I do have a Mexican accent, but that doesn't mean that I'm a Latin vamp. ↗