Jimmy O. Yang Quotes

I never worked with a dialogue coach before, but I'd hate it if an American did a British accent and didn't do it well. It would be insulting.

When British or Australian actors perform American characters, we laud them and talk about how great it is they are able to do this other accent that is not their own. Americans have different relationships with other accents.

The thing with being able to do accents is that it's still completely separate from being an actor.

Now, I don't know about my peers, but I get nervous - okay, I genuinely freak out - when an actor starts trying on a Southern accent. That's for Brits trying to find the easiest way to sound American.

When I'm doing an accent, you shouldn't notice it for a while, if I'm doing it right.

What I try to do with the accent of any character I play is not necessarily to do something that's generic - an Indian accent and that's how it sounds, for example. I think the accent needs to sound authentic on this person.

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

I know that Philadelphians hate New York actors passing off New York accents as Philadelphian when they are quite different.

That's acting for you. 'White Queen' has English playing Welsh and vice versa.

It's so funny how it's impossible for an American actor to play an English part or an Australian part. But by all means, come and bastardize our accent as much as you want.

I never noticed my voice. I did become aware as a little kid at camp that I liked doing accents. We'd do plays and skits, and I realized I loved speaking in voices that weren't my own.

Andy Serkis is one of the best actors I have ever worked with. He might be the best actor I have ever worked with.

I think people are really picky about English accents. When a Brit comes over here and kind of does an OK American accent, everyone's like, 'You were great! Fantastic!' But in England, even if you were doing a pretty good accent, they're like, 'But where are you from?' 'London.' 'What part of London?' Accents are really precious over there.

I had this very strict rule when I began auditioning that I wasn't gonna do a thicker accent, because it was like, 'I can't tell if it's supposed to be funny because he talks funny.' And now I feel like there are certain characters that I could play that could involve doing a thicker accent, as long as it's specific to that character.

I don't think people should be afraid of portraying people with accents, especially Asian accents.

I've heard other actors saying they don't want to play a character with an accent at all. To me, that's kind of an insult to somebody like me who did have an accent.

I get a lot of disbelief that my accent could actually be real, which seems strange.

They made me use an accent, which I wasn't thrilled about because a lot of us, obviously, don't have them.

If someone is very upper-class, you have a stereotype of him which is probably true. If someone has a working-class accent, you have no idea who you're talking to.

My whole deal when I do accents or dialects is I gotta fool the locals. If I fool the locals then I've done my job.

Everyone forgets comedians are actors. There's no question about it. A Robin Williams cannot say the same line every night for 40 weeks and make it sound fresh unless he's doing an acting job.

I love accents. It's a great way to separate yourself when playing a role.

I started out doing multiple characters from day one, when I got my fist job in 'Dumbo's Circus.' I'm used to getting in an argument with myself, throwing myself off a cliff, patching myself up and brushing myself off with an arm around my shoulder.

The more I know about America, the better I'll be at performing American characters and American stories.

An accent in a way can be an entry into a character.