Gerard Way Quotes

One day, it just dawned on me that I'm from Texas, and that's what I am.

I still keep my accent.

I still think of myself as a Bostonian.

If you cut me I bleed Birmingham. Others would say it's being a woman, but coming from Birmingham is the single most important part of my identity. I'm not always sure I feel English or British, but I always feel like a Brummie.

I always consider myself a Hyderabadi; my roots are here.

I am a hardcore Bihari boy. I am born and brought up in Bihar, and for me, ethnicity is not a problem and is inbuilt in me.

Where I grew up in the North-east, the community there, and the way people relate to one another, goes very deep. But I don't define myself as a Northerner in that I don't live in the North.

I am not only a Parsi, I am a Kashmiri too.

Something I realized when I moved to America: people get these general American accents, but when they get angry or upset or excited, their original accents come out. It's something I noticed with my manager, because he's from New York, and the first time he got angry, he suddenly had this accent.

If you ask me what am I, I might say 'I am a Californian,' and if George Bush were here, he would say 'I am a Texan.'

Someone once claimed I was not really a Yorkshireman!

I was born in New Jersey, but it doesn't sound like I'm from a certain region.

I know my own heart to be entirely English.

I've always felt very English.

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

Since I belong to Chandigarh, I love coming to Punjab.

I am a pakka South Indian at heart.

It's something to be proud of... I'm a proud New South Welshman.

We are all proud to be British. But we also feel more local and regional allegiances.

I am a South Tyrolean. I identify with this land.

I grew up in Teesside and it is really important to keep your regional accent because it is a big part of who you are.

I lost my accent pretty quickly, so everyone assumes I was born and raised in America. But I'm very much still in touch with my Filipino roots. That will never go away.

Probably. It's a weird thing with accents.When I was in drama school my accent probably got stronger because of that sense of identity when you leave home and go to somewhere where there are loads of people from different places. Holding on to being Welsh and where I was from was a real crutch for me.

Weirdly, when I was in drama school my accent probably got stronger because of that sense of identity when you leave home and go to somewhere where there are loads of people from different places. Holding on to being Welsh and where I was from was a real crutch for me.

I'm a New Yorker. Matter of fact, the more I'm in places like Texas and California, the more I know I'm a New Yorker. I have no confusions. About that.