Alice Englert Quotes

I love doing impressions and I love doing accents.

I don't want to say I'll never play someone with a cockney accent, but I think I would be irritated by me doing it.

I've played American characters so many times now, it's so natural to me. But when I play American, I stay in the American accent from the minute I get the job till the minute I wrap.

As an actor, you are either emulating someone else, or some version of yourself.

It's part of my challenge as an actor, not only speaking English but speaking Spanish with a Mexican accent.

There are two main jobs in acting - the first one is to be a good actor, and the second one is to convince everyone that you're a good actor.

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.

I like playing accents, and doing things like that, it was fun. It was fun.

I'm so into playing different characters, even when I was on Nickelodeon. I just observe.

What I love to do requires portraying different characters, and you have to separate your life from the role.

I have always like doing accents; I find it much easier to get into character for me.

As an English actress constantly playing Americans, you already had to step way out of your box in that way.

I love doing impressions.

I've played American characters before, so I've naturally become more at ease. Still, there are some American words that I cannot get my tongue around, but if you keep it flowing, you are never too far away from the truth.

For years, I'd go to the movies and see guys doing Boston accents and think, 'Oh please, God, I hope I never have to do that.'

I just can't imagine having to do an accent all the time - like, in your whole career.

From the time I was five years old, theater was all I knew. I did community theater; I went to theater school. It's like going to the gym as an actor: every single night, you have to recreate the illusion of the first time, so you really have to listen and connect and stay in the moment for an hour and a half - with no breaks.

Being an actor is actually pretty easy if you can memorize lines.

I've played several real characters, and I've always found it very difficult because you don't want to do an impersonation.

I did 'Christmas Carol' off and on through my teenage years, so I always had that dialect and that sound in my ear, which was so helpful. It became second nature.

I would never ever want to be an actor playing anyone other than myself. I can't do voices or anything. No, it's not for me. There are lots of people who are trained actors and I feel it's offensive for me to do it.

I want everyone to understand that as an actor you need to be able to play different roles, be versatile even in terms of your personality.

Every time you play a different role with different actors in different locations, you're developing a greater level of comfort in the act of doing this, which is why you're getting better all the time.

I knew I am not star material. I cannot sing or dance, nor am I good for action. I can only perform for which strong, diverse roles are needed.

Theatre's a whole different beast to film. It requires a lot more of you.