Michael Rapaport Quotes

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.

I don't think of myself as a New York actor; I think about this guy who's an actor who happens to be from New York.

Yes, I'm a New Yorker, born and bred. While I'm not quite the L.A. snob that Woody Allen is, I do find myself happier in New York.

The people of Texas are rightly proud of their own, just like the French and the Italians, but visiting artists have often been given a shot in the history of art.

Growing up, all I did was write about the fact that I'm from where I'm from. I was a big champion of where I was from and Wisconsin in general, and the Midwest.

It's quite telling that the really big comedians - like John Bishop from Liverpool, Kevin Bridges from Glasgow, Peter Kay from Bolton - stand out with their strong regional accents.

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

I am a pakka South Indian at heart.

My father belongs to Muzaffarnagar. Though I was born and brought up in Delhi, we, as a family, are known as U.P. wallahas.

I certainly think that Southerners are tough, and I take pride in that.

I know that it's the southern film industries that have made me an actor, and that is where people relate to me the most. I would never give it up or separate myself from it.

I am a Maharashtrian and I am extremely proud of that. But I am an Indian first. And Mumbai belongs to all Indians.

I grew up in Yorkshire, which is like the Texas of Britain. It's a proud free state and not always liked by the other counties in Britain.

I love Chennai and its people. My mother always tells me, 'You should have been born a South Indian!'

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

Straight up, I'm from Waldorf, Maryland, you guys. Let's not forget that.

Someone suggested elocution lessons but there is no way I am changing my accent, I'm proud of my roots.

My place is cemented in Malayalam films. Malayalam is not my language and it felt alien to me. But for them, I am someone from Karnataka who could deliver.

I really feel that Hong Kong is my home, and Hong Kong is my identity as an actor.

I am Minnesotan.

I'm very proud of where I'm from.

Today, actors aren't forced to ditch their regional accents like they used to. The best example's Tom Baker, a Scouser who went to great lengths to change his accent and ended up with something alien - and fantastic. It's sad that when the likes of him go, there won't be those sorts of accents any more.

I would never be comfortable with an edited name. I have never hidden the fact that I am of Indian origin.

People refer to me as part of the MCU, as opposed to just being this actor. Honestly, it's an honor.

I'm from Kansas City, Missouri. No one has to give a damn about my story.