Freddie Stroma Quotes

Whenever I'm in the U.K., people say I have an American accent. Which is, obviously, funny.

I'm not against accents - my husband's from Lancashire and has a rural Lancs accent. We've just got back from Scotland yesterday, and I love that Highland burr.

When British or Australian actors perform American characters, we laud them and talk about how great it is they are able to do this other accent that is not their own. Americans have different relationships with other accents.

An Englishman's way of speaking absolutely classifies him.

I was hesitant about doing too big a role in an American movie because it meant losing my German accent.

I don't really pay attention to which accent I have. I'm in a singular box as an actress.

There are certain situations, when you're in America, when people understand you better without an Australian accent.

Kids in school told me my parents had accents, but I had no idea; they've always sounded that way to me.

It's maybe a better thought to change the perception of an accent than to avoid it all together.

My accent is very confused.

I used to think my accent was blocking me, and I hated it. Then I went to America, and every time someone said, 'What? Can you say that again?' I started liking it.

I personally am not conscious of my accent.

I'm very aware when I'm speaking to the English of how flat my Mid-Atlantic American voice is.

When I speak in English, my expressions become different. My attitude, too. I'm not sure why, but there really is a difference. My hands move differently when I speak English.

Try and fit in in a New Zealand playground with an Armagh accent - it doesn't work.

I love accents.

Somebody said to me that I speak English almost like somebody for whom English is not their first language.

I have a funny accent in every language.

They seem to be charmed by my Southern accent.

What I realised is, watching some old home videos, I've always had a weird accent. It's because I spent a lot of time on film sets. But Australia will always be home... I sound like the Qantas ad, don't I?

I was very nervous about the accent. I was very nervous about being an American.

Back in the States, they actually liked hearing my Filipino accent. People I meet there found it very endearing.

Just because I don't speak English with an accent anymore doesn't mean that I'm better than the people who do.

If I speak my version of Spanish in Spain, they laugh. Same with Mexico. It's an alien world to me.

My parents speak with an accent. A lot of people that I know speak with an accent. I have friends who speak with an accent. Accents in a vacuum aren't a problem; it's how you portray those characters and how well they're served in a script.