Yasmine Hamdan Quotes

I hope the English-speaking world can see that I'm not only an Israeli actress.

A common language is a first step towards communication across cultural boundaries.

Getting access to diverse civilizations should be easy, and languages are the gateway to that.

Art and cinema is not restricted to any language.

Without translation, I would be limited to the borders of my own country. The translator is my most important ally. He introduces me to the world.

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.

It's fascinating when you're from another place, but you don't speak the language.

I feel blessed to even be able to put out an English album. Not too many Latin artists get the opportunity to come out and record another genre that's so different to Bachata.

Art transcends cultural boundaries.

The greatest obstacle to international understanding is the barrier of language.

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.

People who speak different languages, they are watching the movie from our language. So, I think all of us should be proud as nation and as cinema lovers.

I've had fans coming up to me and speaking Chinese or Japanese. It's not a case of mistaken nationality. I just don't think they realise that we don't all speak the same language.

In Dortmund we had many players from abroad and when you want to put your thoughts in their heads, for example with Pierre-Emerick, you had to switch to English, which is the language most players understand.

Music is common language. I can sing 'Bebot' in front of white people and they will dance.

It's rare to find an Indian who speaks Chinese. It's rare to find a Chinese who can speak any of the Indian languages. Neither of them at the trading level - I want to repeat this, at the trading level - can speak English, either.

Language should not be a barrier for an actor; I want the world to see my work and not limit it to Hindi-speaking audiences.

It's just nice to be able to communicate and be able to identify with a lot of different cultures. I have no idea what it would be like to be just one thing and speak one language. I feel enormously privileged to travel and be able to mingle and speak to people that, had I only known English, I wouldn't have been able to meet.

I've been in situations like in Tokyo where people sang my song word for word and then when the music stopped, they couldn't speak to me. I've seen the music break the language barrier.

The population increasing, some of it could be in countries we haven't thought of making art in. I've never entertained making comedy in China. Like what world is that? I don't know how they would perceive art or sketch comedy. It's not a matter of intellect; it's a matter of language.

A good work can be communicated across languages ... [provided one does not] fall into the trap of narrow-minded nationalistic or chauvinistic thinking.

I've done two remakes, 'Rowdy Rathore' and 'Son of Sardaar,' and I see nothing wrong with it. The originals were in a language that not everyone understands, so when you're making it in another language, you can reach a much wider audience. That's how I look at it.

Our leaders increasingly see fit to lecture the ethnic minorities on the need to integrate, including of course the need to speak English. What about the need, though, for Britain to integrate with the rest of the world?

England is very interested as well, and other countries if I could speak the languages!

I went to a basic school, which had children from all corners of the world, and met my best friend and had to learn Greek because she didn't speak English.