Marion Cotillard Quotes

I personally am not conscious of my accent.

Americans always ask how much I love my accent, and I don't get that - I think I sound like a school teacher.

I'd like to talk in my own accent, but then there's that thing about getting typecast as, 'The British guy.' The role that makes you, that's normally what you're cast as forever more. Like, if I did a huge film with my British accent, that would be that.

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

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

I love accents.

The accent in England can change literally from street to street, and people have this sort of feudal tribalism whereby you can identify somebody's provenance by their voice.

I have a funny accent in every language.

Americans aren't good at accents, but the English are because their accents change. You go five or six blocks and the accent is different, so they are used to hearing different pitches. In America, you gotta travel maybe 10 states before you can really hear a difference.

I'm from New York. I have a non, neutral accent. It can go any way you want.

My mum made a conscious decision not to teach me any Indian languages so I wouldn't talk with an accent.

I have a strong accent; it limits the roles, of course it does. I guess if I had moved to America a long time ago maybe my accent would have got less.

The accent of a man's native country remains in his mind and his heart, as it does in his speech.

A lot of people don't think I'm English. I've lived in France, and people do think I'm French, but I don't see myself as having a glamorous look.

I'm not conscious of having changed my accent.

Some accents people - internationally - can't understand, also they come with baggage. London means a certain thing, Liverpool means a certain thing. Whereas with Welsh, he can be a middle-class man with working-class roots and still have an accent and it not be an issue.

Accents are not for comic relief anymore; they root the character to the place they're from.

If you met me in London, you might be appalled at how English I sounded.

I'm not foreign enough to play foreigners... I have sort of a mid-Atlantic British accent that puts me in the middle of everything, so they don't know quite where to put me.

Has my accent held me back? I don't believe it has at all. I think it can be a colourful accent.

When I went to London, they told me I spoke with a funny accent - English with a Chinese accent.

My accent is very confused.

I've always been fascinated by dialects and accents. In fact, I've rarely played straight English parts. I play character parts - and always will.

I'm very proud of my Southern accent, it's part of me.

I know Asian actors out there won't even audition for a role that have an accent. But for me, I was the kid with an accent. I still have an accent to some degree.