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It's funny because when I'm outside Australia, I never get to do my Australian accent in any... MALLORY JANSEN
Everyone tells me I have a funny accent. It's because I copy people. I learned English at school... CAROLINE WINBERG When I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and stay with it all day till mak...
DAMIAN LEWIS
We sing in English, not mimicking some American rock singer's accent. That's just pretending... JOE STRUMMER I have spent too long training myself to speak with an American accent, it's ingrained. I spend ...
POPPY MONTGOMERY Everyone's parents were famous actors at my school, pretty much! I think I went to school with P...
ALICE EVE People are disappointed when they hear my American accent because they regard 'The Police' a...
STEWART COPELAND
When I arrived in L.A., I assumed I'd be able to put on the American accent. It proved difficult... MARTIN HENDERSON I live in L.A. so I worry my kids aren't that connected to Britain, I suppose I don't want t...
KEVIN MCKIDD
Cover versions, that's my forte, that's all I ever used to do. When you play your own songs,... ELLIE GOULDING It's funny to think that when you get done with an acting job, you're considered unemployed....
RAMI MALEK
American sports are quite masculine. And football - although it's still played by men all over t... NOEL GALLAGHER Nobody's going to tell me to rap in an American accent.
ESTELLE I'm completely Americanized - I have an American accent, an American wife - but a residue of me ...
DINESH D'SOUZA II grew up in Australia, but I'm not from there originally. Like, my dad's South American, s...
NATHALIE KELLEY
I think television has always been one to replicate when something's successful. I don't thi... TOM SELLECK
This obsession with leadership... It's not neutral; it's American, this idea of the heroic l... HENRY MINTZBERG I'm an American designer. It's important to riff on that. I remember, when my mom and I firs...
JASON WU Acting for me was hard enough without having to think of the accent. And also, when I was auditionin...
JONATHAN LAPAGLIA
I love rapping. I do. My styling's similar to Missy Elliott - I think she's so dope. In a we... REBEL WILSON
I have social anxiety. It's easier up on stage because there's security in being there. When... SIA When I grow up, I want to have an exhibit called 'American Motel.'
MORLEY SAFER I went up for the first time when I was 18. It's a great place - I love L.A.; I mean, in Ireland...
JACK REYNOR There aren't a lot of Portuguese models, so everyone always expects me to be Brazilian because o...
SARA SAMPAIO
There's nothing quite as powerful as people feeling they can have impact and make a difference. ... ANNE M. MULCAHY
I went to pick up my nephew from primary school, and one of the teachers there stopped me and said, ... STORMZY
The American obsession with 'Downton' amuses me slightly because it's such a fiction. I&... MICHAEL HIRST I moved to Dallas in 1975 and stayed there until 1980. That's when I decided it was time to move...
LARRY DRAKE I'm so disappointed in the frat parties at Columbia. I'm like an English boy going to an Ame...
MAX MINGHELLA
I often find during a day of shooting I will speak in an American accent all day long when I'm d... HENRY CAVILL The American people know that every day 3,000 kids begin to smoke, 1,000 of them die an early death....
ERSKINE BOWLES
I drive an American car. It's a Chrysler. That's not an endorsement. It's more like a cr... MICHAEL MOORE
I've climbed Stromboli when it's erupting, which is quite a heavy climb: three hours with a ... MICHELLE PAVER There's definitely a delicate line you have to walk in telling someone else's story that'...
BOX BROWN
My natural accent is American. I chose to speak with a U.K. accent when I was about to enter the fin... JENNIFER EHLE I was 26 when I went to my first acting class. I'm naturally quite shy. I'm a quite private ...
HANNAH WARE I think it's that thing of growing up all the time watching American movies and listening to Ame...
BEN MENDELSOHN
When I first tried the American accent, for a moment I thought I could never be an actor because I j... MARGOT ROBBIE
I don't like L.A. It's just not fun. I don't know why, but I just don't get it. You ... LADY GAGA I think in some ways I'm quite lucky to be living in London, there's this certain separation...
FREDDIE HIGHMORE
Playing a positive role on a network television show, it was great. I took it as a responsibility. P... ERIK ESTRADA What I try to do with the accent of any character I play is not necessarily to do something that'...
ADHIR KALYAN You just suddenly think that there's something quite childish about acting. Basically, it's ...
KEVIN WHATELY I feel like there's this need that the Asian-American community has to feel like people. It'...
JOHN CHO
Well, English is no problem for me because I am actually English. My whole family are English; I was... GUY PEARCE
I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself craz... SHAKIRA
I came up with American Splendor. Some people think it's American Squalor. HARVEY PEKAR
I always did something I was a little not ready to do. I think that's how you grow. When there&#... MARISSA MAYER
I don't think I always look in people's faces, like, as - I think especially when I'm do... LAURA MVULA
I'd rather be thought as an international actress rather than a French one. Because I don't ... EVA GREEN
The first time I was in London, I went to an English greasy spoon to get some breakfast and realised... MONICA BELLUCCI
People have asked me why are Australians and Brits so good at American accents, and it's quite s... DOMINIC PURCELL
My mom speaks English - she moved to England in the '70s, so she's fluent in English. We use... ED WEEKS
When I say that I'm not dancing, people get it confused, like I'm not going to do anything o... ASTRO
French name, English accent, American school. Anna confused. STEPHANIE PERKINS I'm one of those idiots; when I'm working in America, I wake up with an American accent and ...
DAMIAN LEWIS I would just like my children to be able to eat fish when they grow up. Now, I don't think there...
JAMES MURDOCH There's a side of fashion that's very analytical and data-oriented and methodical, but there...
IMRAN AMED
Netflix shook it up, brought this whole new generation of people who said, 'I watch things when ... MIKE COLTER Panama's a really wonderful country. There's obviously the Panama Canal, which brings a lot ...
J. AUGUST RICHARDS
At the age of 12 I won the school prize for Best English Essay. The prize was a copy of Somerset Mau... WILBUR SMITH
I think that American presidents, that position in itself, as well as American foreign policy, it ha... LUPE FIASCO It's quite true of everything: the British accent does open doors.
RYAN CARTWRIGHT It's not a choice between war and peace. It's a choice between war and endless war. It's...
MICHAEL SCHEUER
I don't want to sound like an old grandmother but actually it's quite nice when you get up e... SOPHIE ELLIS-BEXTOR I grew up having two different perspectives - one in English, one in Spanish. Two different cultures...
PRINCE ROYCE I just think it's quite remarkable that everyone says they want to add more commentary to their ...
DANA PERINO
Questioning my spiritual life has always been germane to what I was writing. Always. It's becaus... DAVID BOWIE
I think that Mexican-American kids live in a global world. It's not even bi-, it's multi-. Y... SANDRA CISNEROS If I need to take a break from work, I'll just Google dogs that are up for adoption in L.A. I re...
GEORGIA KING
I went through withdrawal when I got out of graduate school. It's what you learn, what you think... MAYA LIN
Quite often, while I'm getting up in the morning, I think my warranty is running out on these bo... JOHN GLENN
Life is not living in the suburbs with a white picket fence. That's not life. Somehow our Americ... TOM BRADY
I think the prom is very serious also. It's an American ritual, it's a rite of passage, and ... MARY ELLEN MARK
I think it's sort of a rite of passage for a British actor to try and get the American accent an... ORLANDO BLOOM
It was just really, really tough getting anything when you were a female. Basically, I just took adv... SHANNON LUCID I'm a singer and working on my second album. I write and produce. There is so much more that sat...
CARICE VAN HOUTEN
There is some humour in 'Family Values.' I don't want everyone to think it's not goi... WENDY COPE L.A. is always great. There's something special about L.A. And New York, for me, because it'...
DAVE GAHAN
When you grow up, you think everything you own is going to be designer. Not true. Most of the stuff ... POPPY DELEVINGNE
I like being famous when it's convenient for me and completely anonymous when it's not. CATHERINE DENEUVE Think of Bitcoin as a bank account in the cloud, and it's completely decentralized: not the Swis...
NAVAL RAVIKANT
I'm different. I don't speak perfect American. I do have a lilt of an Indian accent. I thoug... PRIYANKA CHOPRA
When people say 'Lysistrata' has always been seen as an anti-war play, what's interestin... DOUGLAS CARTER BEANE
Supposedly I've got traces of an English accent, though I can't hear it. I must have inherit... LEV GROSSMAN
Saying you want to be a model when you grow up is akin to saying you want to win the Powerball when ... CAMERON RUSSELL
Since my education, I've done quite untraditional things. There are very few Etonians who went t... TOM HIDDLESTON
People ask if I miss it, but they don't understand that American culture is so ubiquitous that t... DAVID SEDARIS
I am wondering when - if - I have to cut my hair. I think it looks terrible if you have really long ... JERRY HALL I love to get a massage but I'm quite a baby with it. I don't like them too hard or anyone w...
LARA STONE
In American history, it's about hard work and self-reliance. It's not about collecting givea... RYAN ZINKE It's quite absurd to act against a smoke creature that is not there.
CARICE VAN HOUTEN Even if you live in a tiny village, there's an Internet site. It's quite easy to find clothe...
INES DE LA FRESSANGE Once I moved to London I thought it was unbeatable. I work a lot in L.A. and love it, but would neve...
BRUNO TONIOLI
An auctioneer is such a uniquely American thing. I keep thinking in my head, perhaps it's not as... JACK WHITE
I feel that The American Dream is this fallacy that you come to the United States and win lotto. Tha... JAMES GRAY
Guns are part of the American psyche, aren't they? This is collateral damage for having a Wild W... NICK CAVE I grew up in Arizona, but I moved to L.A. when I was 18 to model. I was doing work for American Appa...
KACY HILL When I was in high school, I was really into string theory and superstring theory and read 'Scie...
SAM TRAMMELL When you model for a show, you get this real sense of adrenaline. It's difficult when the shoes ...
YMRE STIEKEMA
My biggest pet peeve is when people don't admit what they've done. 
For exercise, I now run with my chocolate Lab puppy, Oscar. 
But bread is different. I come from Czechoslovakia, where we eat lots of it, so it's hard to say... 
I'm an Aries. Most of the time, whether I want to admit it or not, it describes me. I don't ... 
I taught high school students Spanish. 
I'm always watching my weight. I don't eat sweets like cookies or chocolate. Sugarless chewing gum i... 