Quotes About Language

I like watching Bengali film DVDs with sub-titles.

When I have time, I would like to do films in my language but I would also like to star in Bengali and Marathi films too.

I am learning Bengali because I want to dub for myself.

I would even love to do a Bengali film if a good offer is made to me.

I have always wanted to work in a Bengali film.

My dream is to act in a Bengali film.

I am happy to do a film in Bengali language as I know and love that language.

I speak five languages besides mine. I went to school in Egypt because girls weren't allowed to go to school in Saudi Arabia. It's very restricting, especially for girls; we're not allowed to go anywhere.

I think that the best part of being an Indian actress is that you can be a part of so many different films in different languages.

Words let us say the things we want to say and also things we would be better off not having said. They let us know the things we need to know, and also things we wish we didn't.

There's a part of me that's very stereotypically Australian, with the lingo, or for lack of a better way of putting it, the way white Australians would speak. And then, Oh, that's not all I am.

I think there's some pretty amazing language in the Bible.

I'm a big believer in change and embrace the fact that English is probably the fastest-moving language in the world.

I'm a big believer in the power of your own words.

For my dad to say he's proud of me - in English - is a really big deal.

I'm a real big fan of words.

It is a big thing to work in a foreign film.

I talk bilingual.

I am bilingual.

I love talking in lira because, suddenly, everything is in billions.

In 1980, shortly before my 11th birthday, I wrote my first essay in English.

My daughter learned to say, 'They're not even trying to cover!' before her second birthday.

When you move around a lot, there are little bits of you from everywhere. I mean, my father's French, and I speak French, and there's a kind of struggle in me that says, 'I'd like to be French.' But I've never been fully part of that culture, that role.

I was so glad that I was able to use my skills of speaking Chinese in a film where the character is Chinese, because sometimes you actually don't get to do that. Especially in Hollywood blockbusters today because they want everyone around the world to understand what is happening, so they usually want you to speak English.