Quotes About Language

I speak a little bit of Italian.

It's certainly been very important to have my own family with me. They came with me to Italy, left what they had in Brazil and also adapted to a new country, new culture and new language was difficult but having their support in the good and bad times was fantastic.

In Italy, it is difficult to see a film in the original language because the voice actors here are a mafia.

Maybe one day I will work in Italy. If they want me.

I had never been taken in like I was in Italy just by saying a few words. That made me feel like I had to put in the effort, and I want to be one of them.

I am still around too many Italian people to start speaking like a guy from London. I live in Italy for six months of the year, all the people in my restaurants are Italian and it means that when I speak, it is always with an Italian accent in my head.

I got married on a beach in Italy. It was very romantic getting married in Italian. But I've no idea what we agreed to.

There is no such word as item girl in the dictionary. People have created this word and I don't believe that I am an item girl.

I had to learn to call book jackets 'jackets' rather than 'covers.'

I get called Jacqueline Bissette in America. In France, I get called Jackie Bisset. And actually, it is Jacqueline Bisset, which is not that easy to say.

I have always loved doing accents. I have lived with my parents in a number of countries, including Italy and Jamaica.

Having grown up in different countries - Jamaica, Italy, U.K. - I catch the accents quite easily. In the U.S., they don't know where I am from!

My name is James Guckert. Well, when you read it, it's always pronounced some other way.

And also, I think Japan places great value on the lyrics.

You should hear the guy who dubs me in Japan. I like him the most. He has a high squeaky voice.

There's something about the U.S. and Japan: two opposite ends of the planet, two completely different languages, and yet, especially in menswear, they share this kind of idealized way of dressing that is so close to what we do in America.

Some may argue that countries like Japan and China improved economically without English, but they, too, are learning English fast.

I can fight in Japan, I can fight in Europe, I can fight in U.S. How am I not marketable? I speak English.

One thing that brings everyone together are the lyrics. Even if the people singing don't know the Japanese words, they still sing along.

Japanese is a very strange foreign language for European people.

I cherish our songs in both Japanese and English.

Japanese is a very difficult language.

I would love to live in Japan again, but would need to really commit to learning the language before doing it. Both my parents speak Japanese fluently, so I suppose it would feel like a tradition.

Sort of like, I have to make the Japanese lyrics really deep.