Jodie Foster Quotes

I thought that subtitles are boring because they're there generally to serve us with information to make you understand what people are saying in a different language.

In Sweden, they broadcast the American shows in English with Swedish subtitles, whereas in many European countries they dub them. Watching those shows in English was big for me.

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

I saw 'The War Wagon' with John Wayne and Kirk Douglas, but it was dubbed into German. And it had Japanese subtitles and then this little strip with some Spanish words, and I've never forgotten that weird image. It was so magical and funky.

When I learned to sign and speak at the same time, the whole world opened up to me. That's the beauty of encouraging kids who are deaf to use whatever it takes to communicate.

I love watching old movies, and some of the holiday-themed ones are really great. I also have a bizarre thing that I'll do: I'll turn on a foreign-language TV station, usually Spanish, and watch a whole show, riveted, even though I have no idea what anyone is saying. I don't know why I find that so addictive, but I do!

I love animals, but I don't want to talk to them. I'd rather be able to talk to other people on other continents and understand them.

Well it is sometimes difficult to act in another language.

People don't want to read subtitles.

People appreciate when you make an effort to speak their language.

I want my words to survive translation.

It is my goal to learn as much about the people I'm surrounded by. I am slowly widening who I am close with, and at the same time, growing further away from others.

For people to understand me when I travel, I speak with my hands.

I could never see a book written in a foreign language without the most ardent desire to read it.

Translation is at best an echo.

I've always seen movies in English with Spanish subtitles. For audiences around the world, the language is less important than if it's a good film.

For the benefit of those who are not bilingual, I will now continue in English.

'The Lair of the White Worm' is quite a strange film. It's difficult to be good when you're saying lines that have been translated from Spanish to English by someone who speaks French.

I read pretty well in French and Spanish. I don't want to read a book written in French or Spanish in translation.

Audiences want to watch good films, even if it is dubbed in another language.

I am opposed to the idea of dubbing films into Kannada.

It has to be said that one of the most impressive aspects of the parliament are the brilliant unsung translators, who ensure that whatever language you speak, you are understood.

Bilingual films come with a certain inbuilt practical problem with respect to the setting of the story and the dialect.

I don't speak a lot of English, of course, but I do try to express myself, and usually, I can get across to people what I am trying to say.

Maybe in Latvian one day I'll rap a little bit, but definitely not in English.