Ardal O'Hanlon Quotes

When I went on air and people heard my accent, they all said it was really nice to have a northern voice.

When I was very little, I had an Essex accent.

Apparently when I went to school, I had a Glasgow accent.

I think every English actor is nervous of a Newcastle accent.

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.

Oh yeah, I'm an Essex boy and proud of it.

It's funny because when I'm outside Australia, I never get to do my Australian accent in anything. It's always a Danish accent or an English accent or an American accent.

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

I was born and raised in New York, so I was blessed - or some say cursed - with a strong New York accent.

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.

I wouldn't have been able to move to L.A. if I felt I was going to lose my identity as a New Jerseyian. My accent has gotten thicker since I've lived here.

I grew up in Brooklyn, N.Y. For part of my life, I was living in Detroit, and I remember a friend of mine commenting she could always tell when I had been speaking to my mother because my New York accent had come back.

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

There is a whole host of people that have got an accent like mine, whether they're from Merseyside or Wales or the North West.

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 personally am not conscious of my accent.

I thought I was clever by greeting casting agents in my Australian accent and then switching to an American one during the performance. But the Australian accent seemed to put them off. Now it's the opposite; they love Australians. And with my thick Californian accent I now have a problem convincing them I'm Australian.

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.

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.

I love the Midwest accent.

Up North you are holding your own. Everyone considers themselves a comedian.

I guess I'm the last of the Cockneys.

They seem to be charmed by my Southern accent.

Yes, I'm a real southern boy.

When I travel round the country, people can't place my accent; if there's someone in the audience, they'll be like, 'You're from Philadelphia', but everyone else will say, 'Where are you from, California?' I get England sometimes - bizarre!