Southern Accent Quotes

• I used to say that whenever people heard my Southern accent, they always wanted to deduct 100 IQ points.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  People, Southern, Comedy

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• I think that's what's great about being an actress is you get to learn so many different things like that, like learning a little bit of Tibetan here, learning a Southern accent there.

  Jaime King

  Learning, Thinking, Southern

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I think anything sounds good with a Southern accent.

  Jessica Simpson

  Thinking, Southern, Sound

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. August 4, 2005.

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• I had a Southern accent but I had broken it so hard.

  Josh Lucas

  Broken, Southern, Accents

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• Tell me the truth - do you think I've lost my Southern accent? I feel it comes back to me only when I'm shouting at fights or at baseball games.

  Cleo Moore

  Baseball, Fighting, Thinking

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• I learned how to get rid of the Southern accent when I was, like, 11 years old and living in New York for the summer doing modeling and commercials and auditioning for Broadway. The mother I lived with for the summer taught me how to drop my Southern accent.

  Nikki DeLoach

  Summer, Mother, New York

  "Q&A: The Beautiful Nikki DeLoach of "Awkward"". Interview with Matt Goulet, www.esquire.com. April 17, 2013.

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• I'm from the South, where if you walk down the street and there's somebody behind you talking with a Southern accent, you can't tell whether it's a black or a white person.

  Johnnie Cochran

  White, Talking, Southern

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• Certainly people have said a lot of deeply unfortunate and stupid things in Southern accents, but that doesn't mean there's anything wrong with the accent itself.

  Roy Blount, Jr.

  Stupid, Mean, People

  "MoJo Podcast: Roy Blount Jr.’s Southern Fried Language". Interview with Laura Mcclure, www.motherjones.com. April 30, 2009.

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• You can't do Shakespeare with a Southern accent, honey.

  Katy Mixon

  Southern, Honey, Accents

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The words, "I have a dog named Winn-Dixie," popped into my head in the voice of a small girl with a southern accent. I'd been writing long enough at that point to know not to ignore that kind of red flag. The next day, I put aside what I'd been working on, started with that one sentence, and followed it all the way to the end.

  Kate DiCamillo

  Girl, Dog, Writing

  Source: www.teachingbooks.net

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• Even in my adult years, when I heard a white person speaking in a Southern accent I was initially suspicious.

  John Edgar Wideman

  Years, White, Southern

  Source: www.motherjones.com

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• I don't necessarily think of it as Southern comedy. I just think I'm a comedian and I have a Southern accent.

  Jeff Foxworthy

  Thinking, Southern, Comedian

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• I'm an Asian with a Southern accent. To a lot of people, that right there is funny.

  Henry Cho

  People, Southern, Asian

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• I love London because of the history. The times I've been there have been some of the best memories in my life. Singing there, seeing great theater - and the people like a Southern accent.

  Kristin Chenoweth

  Memories, People, Southern

  "Actress dreams of Rome — and eating at Sonic". Interview with Jae-Ha Kim, www.chicagotribune.com. September 6, 2011.

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• You know, so many people say TV makes you stupid. But it had the complete opposite affect on me. It kept me from having a really bad Southern accent.

  DJ Qualls

  Stupid, Opposites, People

  "A Conversation With Dj Qualls". Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. April 4, 2003.

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• That could sound arrogant, I guess, but sometimes I feel like I have a bit of a Zelig thing. I'll blend in wherever. I'm from the South, so I'll have a Southern accent when I'm home. But if I'm up here in New York, I have a British accent.

  Michael Shannon

  New York, Home, Southern

  Source: www.interviewmagazine.com

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• Lots of people have expressed consternation that I haven't gotten rid of Southern accent, but I just never saw any reason to lose the flavor that I grew up with. I enjoy saying some things with a Southern accent.

  Roy Blount, Jr.

  People, Southern, Flavor

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• A Southern accent is not a club in my bag.

  John Oliver

  Southern, Bags, Clubs

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