Americans always ASK how much I love my ACCENT, and I don't GET that - I think I sound like a SCHOOL TEACHER.

When I first saw 'Broken' Matt Hardy, I THOUGHT to myself, 'Umm...' I ACTUALLY said to Jeremy Borash 'Why is he talking LIKE that? Is he trying to make an accent and it's coming out really bad?' And then it kind of grows on you and it's just FUNNY as hell, at LEAST for me.

I'm still a member of the EMPIRE! Although I SOMETIMES feel like an American with a BRITISH accent - you get contaminated after so long.

I used to have an Australian ACCENT for school and an IRISH accent for HOME.

I think moving from IRELAND to Australia, you couldn't GET a more different accent on the palate. The Irish accent is very muscular and involves a lot of tongue and cheek-muscle work, whereas the Australian accent is REALLY flat; the palate is quite broad. They're at almost OPPOSITE ends of the scale, so I feel it was good training.

In New York, I RUN into Packers fans who have NEVER LIVED in Wisconsin, Canadiens fans who have never lived in La Belle PROVINCE, Celtics fans who admire Russell and Bird and Pierce but have no trace of a Boston accent.

I guess if they EVER do a remake of 'Sophie's Choice,' I could play the Meryl Streep PART. I've GOT to WORK on my Polish accent. MAYBE I'll be the definitive King Lear one day. You know, if they ever feel that King Lear should be more Jewy.

I don't WANT to LOSE my ACCENT, I just want it to BECOME SMALLER.

An accent like mine and a face like mine, I think a lot of the TIME it's EASY for casting directors to just stick me in as a bad boy, but 'Being Human' TOOK a RISK on me - bless 'em - and I'm not that bad boy no more.

I OFTEN find during a day of shooting I will SPEAK in an American accent all day long when I'm doing dialogue. At the end of the day, it often TAKES an effort when I'm talking to my fiancee to BRING my ENGLISH back just because you're so used to speaking that way.

I'm already REALLY AWARE and SELF-CONSCIOUS of my ACCENT.

No, no, no. Your ACCENT is so BEAUTIFUL.

To be GOOD in playback, you need to modulate your voice and sing with an accent that can PROVIDE some FRESHNESS.

But I just know from EXPERIENCE that accent wise, even if you're an accent genius, crossing the Atlantic is the HARDEST thing in the WORLD EITHER WAY.

I NEVER would have guessed that I would get a job for the way I sound. I would get NOTES about how I should LOSE my accent, and PART of me thinks, 'How dare you! This is who I am! Millions of people want to sound like me!' But it's SENSITIVE, and I have tried to change it, with little to no success.