Gillian Anderson Reacts to Alec Baldwin Tweeting About Her 'Switching Accents' (Exclusive) 

5:45 is when they talk about Alec’s comment.

"I'm sad that it caused him so much distress"! What a lovely response, Gillian!

"I'm sad that it caused him so much distress" 😂😭

Gillian is to me the epitome of beauty and class. Pure elegance. I adore her.

I hate when people try to make her out to be inauthentic. She's a rare case, someone who is truly bi-accented, she doesn't have one default accent. I think it's fascinating!

I grew up in the Deep South and was raised with a very distinct southern accent. Now I live in Los Angeles, and I speak with no accent because I have been away from the south for so long. But whenever I talk to my mom on the phone or go home to visit, that southern accent comes back in a flash. So I fully understand what Gillian is saying. I think this is true for a lot of people in lots of places. I don't think people should be judged for their accents. They're natural for most people.

It's amazing how she seems like so put together even her comment about Alec Baldwin "I'm sad it caused him so much distress" she delivered it like a queen omg so graceful!!! I guess this comes with age??

That’s the way to respond to criticism: humility, humor, compassion.

GILLIAN ANDERSON IS PERFECT IN THE CROWN.

She’s far more elegant and succinct that Hilary Baldwin. Gillian said “I grew up between two countries, and whoever is in my ear is the one my accent takes.” Hilary droned on for like 8 minutes, “My family lives in Spain, my mom, dad, brother, nephew, they’re all over there. I grew up with two cultures and I’m raising my children to be bilingual...” and BLA BLA BLA, LIE LIE LIE. When it’s not lies (like Gillian) they’re no need to drone on and on. Honesty (and simplicity) is so attractive.

I really enjoyed the interviewing style. It seemed very genuine. Very refreshing and I think Gillian picked up on that and was relaxed. Great to watch!

The british accent and pronunciation subconsciously slipping in while talking about The Crown-you can’t fake that. She’s so wonderful.

I've watched a few things that she was in back in the day. To me she looks even better now. Plus she's very pleasant to listen to, no matter what accent she slips into.

when the interviewer said “thank u for serving looks” ....i felt that so true

I liked how she politely shut the interviewer down "it's so not a newsworthy item".

I love how down to earth she is and how Lauren was genuinely excited to talk to her

She's bidialectal, that's a completely different thing from faking an accent.

She's too funny 😂😂 she's just so real about everything

I'm a big fan of her , she's sweet n humble.

Doesn't Christian Bale do the exact same thing in interviews? I don't see Alec shitting on him. And don't get me started on Tom Hardy.

Like Alec Baldwin has room to talk about changing accents....

She has always had a British accent even during the x-file years. She tried to tone it down a notch here, but it is still there.

Every time I see her, I see Kate Winslet Maybe they could play sisters one day 🤷🏽‍♀️

Gillian should have won the Oscar for her role as Lily Bart in The House of Mirth!!!

Here is the difference. Gillian changes her accent depending on the accent of the person to whom she is speaking. If she speaks to a British person, she speaks with a British accent. If she speaks to an American, she speaks with an American accent. It’s the same thing as speaking a common language with a person. In Contrast, Hilaria Baldwin- (a native English speaker BTW) changes to Spanish-accented English so as to be DIFFERENT from the person to whom she is speaking.

I understand Gillian regarding her Accent. I was born and raised in the South of England but I have now lived longer in Canada. My accent also strengthens regarding to who I am talking to. If I am in the UK my accent is a stronger British, if I am in Canada my British accent is lighter but still noticeable with some words. There are many people who have duel accents and float between two countries. Unless this is you, it is hard to explain. When I am in England, I feel a sense of comfort that allows my British accent to get stronger.

5:48 if you're looking for the title question

Alec Baldwin needs to stop hating on her! She grew up over there so it's no wonder she's able to have more than one accent! She's a very beautiful and talented woman! She's one of my favorite actresses!

She gets better and better with age. I don't know how she does it.

Theres a difference between having/switching accents vs telling a story of a culture that isnt yours to tell. Taking a place in safe spaces like hola magazine meant to boost latinx and BIPOC voices. Esp when you grew up not only white but wealthy enough to travel. It was never about the accent for me, with hilary baldwin.

Gillian is pure love, deserves all the good in the world❤️✨

I can hear both accents when she talks. I’m 47 from London and moved to LA at 25, so 23 years in the USA and I drive truck all over the USA and my accent is generally still a London accent but my cadence has changed to be understood and when in the USA my accent changes, when I’m back in London my accent reverts to its original and for note, I spent a lot of my childhood in Ireland and when I go back to Kerry I’ll use words there and they come out with an Irish inflection. I got an Australian friend, moved to the USA same time as me…. She sounds totally American now.

Her voice when she was showing the shoe, so cute i cant

She is still incredibly gorgeous

Damn lol "I'm sad that it caused him so much distress." Love that

She is such a beautiful, elegant woman. We love her 💕🇬🇧

I just looovvveeeee gillian she is super awesome always i love uuu gillian.

I love and adore Gillian Anderson, loved X- Files and the show called The Fall she did such a excellent job, she is very deserving winning adwards!!

I grew up in Seattle, but I’ve lived in the south for 15 years and my accent switches back-and-forth all the time.

Even though she sounds mostly American in this interview, her British accent slips out here and there. It's clearly involuntary.

Gillian was OUTSTANDING as Thacher in THE CROWN . Truly an award winning performance if there ever was one ! Brava !

Love you Gillian Anderson (Scully) 💗

She’s an awesome actress and classy too!

She's a total doll

What a class act! Love her!

Love her in anything she’s in!!! Fantastic actress!!!

As someone who grew up between the UK and Sri Lanka I can tell you this is more common than people think.

She’s gorgeous!! 😍😍

He’s got a lot of nerve to even think he can joke/say something like that. He’s living with the queen of fake (and horrible might I add) accents. Lol

I love her.. love the dress..

I love Gillian so much.

Classy response!

I just watched 10mins of this interview for the 10secs I clicked for but Gillian Anderson is just so lovely, I can’t be that agitated.

I loved her outfit. Beautiful!

Shes really one of a kind. I cannot believe she has two accents legitimately.

Wow 😲 she looks better now than ever

She is one of the best actresses out there! Congrats to her!

What a nice person she is🩸🩸🩸

She have grown up in both Britain and the states, so Alec can shut his fucking mouth for all i care. And by the way, her role in The Crown deserves 10 Oscars, had no idea she was that good, but she is, amazing performance!

I love you Gillian Anderson, congratulations Gillian

He was aware of the hypocrisy, he was being ironic!

GORGEOUS GILLIAN❤️

This interviewer did a good job!

Alec is just mad that his wife is a joke.

I keep thinking she will turn into Margaret thatcher at any minute and she is class

I find it amazing how perfectly she can switch from one to another accent. I even forget she's not British when I'm watching her. She's an incredible actress!

She's stunning and gets more stunning with age.

I like how she's talking now. Her british accent was too much. This how she talked on x files.

Amazing Gillian as ever

The title is misleading.

I love Gillian. She’s one of the rare actors/actresses that don’t feel the need to lecture people on her politics.

Beautiful Guillian

I grew up with a strong Berkshire accent, but I also speak what is consider Oxford or Queens English. I also spent 10 years around a bunch of Irishmen, so I can fall in to that accent. Then I’ve been living in the USA for over 20 years, so that’s thrown in to the mix. Finally my wife is German, so when I use German words I speak them as a Northern German would. I have problem ordering “Black Forest Gateau”, in some US restaurants they use the “fancy” German spelling (Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte), so I order it in German.

No sane British person would think her accent is fake. Her accent is a 100% genuine British accent. The fact she is also an American is completely irrelevant.

oh gosh...this woman is FREAKIN HOT!!!

I like her accent 👏♥️

Gillian Anderson And Bridget Fonda are the 2 most beautiful things i've seen, i have no idea why but they have this thing over me, a beautiful thing..

Gillian is bidialectal because as she said she grew up in 2 different countries. I did too, between Singapore and Australia so like her I switch accents very naturally when I speak English. Even between Singaporean born Aussie friends of mine, we may speak to each other in an Australian accent because that's natural to us but when we are in Singapore, we'll speak to family and friends who are local there in a different accent that's common to Singapore. I have friends in Singapore who never heard me speak with an Aussie accent before then sometimes, out of the blue, it comes out and at first they are surprised but then they realise it's natural since I moved to Australia when I was 13 and went to a high school where I was the only Asian person there for 4 years so I picked up the Aussie accent that way. I also have Aussie friends who tell me I don't sound like I lived in Singapore before because I speak with a natural Australian accent, so yeah, for some people, it takes them a while to get used to seeing someone speak with a different accent.

The Dior gem is Gillian

Gillian Anderson She Was Sooooooooo Nice!!!!!!!

Feel in love with Gillian Anderson on the first show of X Files and been a huge fan since, I don’t give a flying F what accent she as she is drop dead gorgeous.

She’s lovely I like her💕

I know that alarm clock trick well. I've tried it a few times when it was really critical. You've gotta drag yourself up to turn it off, no matter what. Also, Gillian seemed to be slipping a tad into the Brit accent here.

It's that serious lady from The Crown, she looks so pretty in real life 😍

When I speak Spanish, my accent changes a bit depending on the accent of who I’m talking to. My original accent is Argentinian (Buenos Aires), but I’ve lived in Texas and Florida for more than half of my 46 years, so I easily adjust my accent to match that of the person I’m speaking with. It just sounds weird to me to use my strong Argentinian accent with them, since it sounds so different from theirs. When I’m around Argentinians or Uruguayans, I go straight back to my original accent.

Cant shake off that Scully character off her.

My accent often drifts towards the person's I'm speaking to... and my natural accents are a "varied" as Colorado/Washington/Chicago... which is to say pretty middle of the road. But I love accents and I think I just get lulled into accents and speech patterns. I spent some time in Scotland, and while I didn't end up with an accent, I ended up speaking with my American accent but Scottish speech patterns... lilt and all! Going to the south is the worst because I affect a strong accent and have never lived there. The biggest shock I ever heard was when I found out that John Barrowman was Scottish... the first time I heard him talk to his parents and out comes this Scottish brogue!! It's like night and day... so cool!

5:45 you're welcome. (I'm Trydialectical btw)

My mom is from Alabama and lives in Chicago her southern accent comes out when she goes back home or talks on the phone with my aunts or my sister.

Good answer....

"She's hot!" -Melvin Frohike, "The X-Files"

5:44 - Accents

Gillian is in Prague at the worst time possible because the city is completely closed down nowadays :(

In case you wondered - SHE WON - Best Supporting Actress - Series, Miniseries or TV Movie - The Crown

Poor @alec Baldwin 👎👎👎👎 so sad

Who's that airhead interviewing Gillian ? Geez!

Alec Baldwin's wife faked being latina and pretending to not know English words. Alec needs to check is wife and leave others who don't lie about their ethnicity alone.

I grew up between Argentina and Australia. My English and Spanish are fluent. I don't have any accent in English. But my Spanish varies a bit sometimes. Like my San Juan accent is different to my accent when I'm in the city of Buenos Aires. I can't help the fact that it sort of changes a bit after spending time in a place, it is subconscious from my childhood having lived in both I just tend to adapt according to my environment. I can understand Gillian Anderson. Hilaria Accent on the other hand seems fake, however I will say that I've heard her Spanish and I must say her Spanish is good so it is clear she did spend a lot of time there. Don't know why she felt the need to lie but I don't think it is news worthy either

The criticism of her is ridiculous. She genuinely grew up in the UK and US in her formative years and even since. She's not faking the Brit accent like Britney and Madonna were. If she grew up in the USA and France, no-one would comment if she spoke French with a true French accent ratther than a midwest one. Jeez.

This happens to me in Spanish. My Dad has a Peruvian accent in Spanish and my mother has a Cuban accent. I speak to my Dad I have a Peruvian accent and when I speak to my Mom in Spanish I have a Cuban accent.