Mark Strong Quotes

It's difficult to act in a language that's not your own. It takes a long time to put your head around it and feel confident with it.

I think we should have a President who is fluent in at least one language.

I meet people overseas that know five languages - that the only language I'm comfortable in is English.

Fluency in even one other language would be fantastic.

Language has never been a barrier for me. I grew up learning Telugu, Hindi, and Tamil.

I would like to speak 10 languages.

I like to travel, and I would love to be fluent in at least four languages.

We need a president who's fluent in at least one language.

There is a slam-dunk case for extending foreign language teaching to children aged five. Just as some people have taken a perverse pride in not understanding mathematics, so we have taken a perverse pride in the fact that we do not speak foreign languages, and we just need to speak louder in English.

I speak a little Spanish but I am so impressed by people who can speak a lot of different languages.

In our generation, everybody told us that it's really important and it's nice to be able to speak a lot of languages. It's an art, too. It really impresses me, people who speak, like, seven languages. I admire them so much, so I began with English, and then Spanish and maybe Portuguese.

When you work in a different language you are not so attached to the words.

I always try to learn a few words from a new language wherever I go.

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 learned English, my sixth language at this point, quite quickly.

Just learning to think in another language allows you to see your own culture in a better viewpoint.

Italian was my first foreign language. I speak it better than English.

English, for me, is an acquired language. I started with English at the age of 10. At the time, it was my third language.

The fact that I did a Tamil film is going to help me a lot in learning Telugu.

I think the thing that allows me to go into so many markets is that I can speak all the languages. Korean, Chinese, English, whatever. Thank you, my parents, for teaching me all the languages.

I'd love to master another language properly.

When I go to different countries, I want to know how to at least say hello and thank you. Language is a great hobby.

The way the educational system in Russia works is studying a foreign language is part of the program, so by the time you get to the age of 10, you pick up another language. I speak a bit of Russian, a bit of English, a bit of Spanish a bit of French.

The globalized environment where speaking a lot of languages is rewarded and getting access to learning materials is easier. A talent for massive language learning has not been supported by the environment until very recently, so this is a phenomenon that is going to become more common and more visible.

Our common language is English. And our common task is to ensure that our non-English-speaking children learn this common language.