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My accent was horrible. In Mexico, nobody says, 'You speak English with a good accent.' You either speak English, or you don't: As long as you can communicate, no one cares.

— Salma Hayek

Sentiment: NEGATIVE

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✓Similar Perspectives

My accent remained terrible. It was very hard for me to initiate any conversation with someone I didn't know.

— Lawrence Welk

In my normal life, I do not speak with an accent. It's harder for people to realize my hearing loss in everyday life.

— Katie Leclerc

When I first came to the States, I thought I had a perfect American accent, and then I was abruptly becoming aware that it wasn't. So I did have to work on it a little bit, but I was hesitant working on it because I thought it was good.

— Joel Kinnaman

I am trying to make my accent so it won't bother anyone, but I am not going to drive myself crazy trying to pretend I am an American girl when I am from Colombia.

— Shakira

The accent got lost somewhere along the way. I'm a little embarrassed about it. When I arrived in LA I assumed I'd be able to put on the American accent. It proved difficult so I had six months working with a dialect coach and it's become a habit.

— Martin Henderson

I was very nervous about the accent. I was very nervous about being an American.

— Janet McTeer

I have a strong accent; it limits the roles, of course it does. I guess if I had moved to America a long time ago maybe my accent would have got less.

— Jean Reno

Being a third-generation Mexican-American and speaking English exclusively, I heard Spanish spoken by my relatives all my life, especially when they didn't want me to understand what they were talking about.

— Cheech Marin

✗Opposing Perspectives

I speak English without an accent, and I speak Spanish without an accent. I really do have the best of both worlds.

— Eva Mendes

I'm good with accents and stuff; it's mostly that I have a really good Spanish accent, so it sounds like I speak a lot better than I do.

— Summer Phoenix