Language Adaptability Quotes

I'm most comfortable with the Southern dialects, really. It's easy, for example, for me to do Irish because we've got Irish heritage where I come from.

I'm not good enough to flip in and out of my Brit accent to my American accent.

The English language is so elastic that you can find another word to say the same thing.

I can give you the King's English and then I can take it to the street, but do both or do one and don't do one knowing only the street. That's going to hold you back because what comes out is going to impress people, and it will impress them negatively.

Baahubali... ' has been accepted widely amongst Hindi cinema-goers. So this shows that language is becoming less important.

English is a stretch language; one size fits all.

I'm a chameleon when it comes to languages.

In English every word can be verbed.

I want to try to have as many people as possible interested in my content, so it needs to go across language barriers.

Much of the magic of language, of course, lies in its fluidity.

Every usage, no matter how bizarre or nonstandard, fascinates me, as it tells me something about the way language is evolving.

Be it Hindi or Hinglish, Zee was never and will never be speechless.

When I go to Colombia or Mexico, I speak Spanish. When I go to Italy, I speak Italian. When I'm in Germany, I speak German. Would I expect them to speak English in these countries? No. I mean, great if they do, but no. Would I be offended if in Spain they say we speak Spanish? No. If I was an immigrant there, no.

I grew up in a lot of different places, so I pick up accents pretty quickly.

I think my ideal man would speak many languages. He would speak Ibo and Yoruba and English and French and all of the others. He could speak with any person, even the soldiers, and if there was violence in their heart he could change it. He would not have to fight, do you see? Maybe he would not be very handsome, but he would be beautiful when he spoke. He would be very kind, even if you burned his food because you were laughing and talking with your girlfriends instead of watching the cooking. He would just say, 'Ah, never mind'.