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I, on the other hand, have a bit of a southern accent.

I don't understand why the accent you speak in has to indicate what level of intellect you have.

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

I started out in New York, and New York has a way of countering a Southern accent, naturally; when I moved to Los Angeles for a job, and I just stayed, the dialect out here doesn't really counter, and my Southern started coming back.

I think we Southerners have talked a fair amount of malarkey about the mystique of being Southern.

The great thing about not being American is that you don't assume you know what a Southern accent sounds like, so you have to be specific.

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.

Historically, absolute IQ scores have risen substantially as we've changed our environment so that more people go to school longer.

They seem to be charmed by my Southern accent.

They say somebody's 'street smart.' I feel like, if I got intelligence, it's just a country smart.