I read French much better than I speak.

I would like to spend more time with Spanish poetry. I know French better than Spanish, but Spanish was my first language, and my…

— Helen Vendler

I hope the better I speak French, the better I will play.

— Daniil Medvedev

I think I should learn French and be a better cook - basic, really good life stuff.

— Angelina Jolie

My mom read French 'Elle' when I was a little girl, and so, when I was 15 or 16, I said, 'I want to…

— Carine Roitfeld

I read both in French and English and often a couple of books at once, mixing fiction and non-fiction.

— Pauline Chalamet

Many of the books I read, I had to read them in French, English, or Italian, because they hadn't been translated into Spanish.

— Antonio Munoz Molina

You have the intelligence front and the engagement front. On the intelligence front, the French are better than many of their European counterparts. But…

— Michael Leiter

I took an estimated two thousand years of high school French, and when I finally got to France, I discovered that I didn't know…

— Dave Barry

I can speak French.

— Rubi Rose

French sounds flat. In English, you can play with pitch.

— Eva Green

When I need to get into details, I like French. But when I want to do something stronger, English is better. The swear words…

— Jo-Wilfried Tsonga

I've been working with Spanish, French, some more American, and Japanese directors. And then I realized I have to study English, and that's why…

— Rinko Kikuchi

Serious drama in a significant degree began at Harvard in the 1880s. In 1881, the Cercle Francais initiated the annual French play, and shortly…

— J. Anthony Lukas

I always wanted to learn French or Italian growing up. I love the romantic sound of those languages.

— Riley Stearns

I can speak French but I cannot understand it.

— Mark Twain