Quotes About Language

I really want to do a film in another language. My dad's from Germany, so it'd be really cool to do a film in German. I'm not quite fluent, but I can get there. And my accent's pretty good. I wouldn't feel too out of my element.

I thought I had a pretty good American accent but I had a few sessions with a voice coach over there and she was picking up on a few things. Possibly because I've got such a strong Northern accent, I emphasise the wrong part of words so the idea is to work on my American accent.

I think my English is pretty good, but speaking without thinking about what you are saying, you know, it's just different.

You have to be careful not to use anything too colloquial or you date the book.

Dreams say what they mean, but they don't say it in daytime language.

Growing up, I was always involved in the deaf community.

Before working with Deaf West, I had never met a deaf person, and now I can't imagine life without ASL.

I love the word 'dearth,' by the way. It's one of my favorite words.

All languages had their birth, their apogee and decline.

Sometimes you can't really control the language around you. All you can do is follow your voice and your path - dedicate yourself to stories that matter.

There is nothing more difficult to define than an aphorism.

Theater is about language, so characters have to define themselves through language for an audience.

I guess I'm attracted to more archaic words because they can be imbued with more meaning, because their definition is elusive.

Most controversies would soon be ended, if those engaged in them would first accurately define their terms, and then adhere to their definitions.

I got my degree in rhetoric.

My master's degree was in English literature.

Young people can sometimes use language either thoughtlessly or deliberately, particularly around the use of the word 'gay.'

'Delicate.' I say it all the time when I eat food; when I'm trying to sound smart. I'm like: 'Oh, it's really delicate.' And my friends - they've caught on. They know what I'm doing. Like, 'why do you keep saying it's delicate?' I'm just trying to sound like a food critic.

My delight in things is definitely Caribbean. It has to do with landscape and food. The fact that my language may have a metrical direction is because that's the shape of the language. I didn't make that shape.

I watch and listen to movies today and am shocked by the way actors deliver their lines. Everybody mumbles now and I don't understand why.

If you want to deliver as an actor, you need to know the language. If you don't know what you are mouthing, how will you perform? For me, it is important to know the language.

My place is cemented in Malayalam films. Malayalam is not my language and it felt alien to me. But for them, I am someone from Karnataka who could deliver.

The writing I do makes great demands on translators.

I'm not really a Democrat or a Republican, but I don't like rhetoric.