Actually Quote by Celine Buckens

My parents are both Belgian-born, and so am I, actually.

— Celine Buckens

Belgium is half French-speaking and half Flemish, and I was born on the French side. So we spoke it a lot - like, in…

— Stella Maxwell

I speak French, and I grew up with French, so my English is Franglais.

— Corneille Ewango

French is a foreign language, but I've been speaking it since I was 18 so it's second nature to me.

— Kristin Scott Thomas

I feel more European than Belgian. However I do think that my Flemish roots have an impact on my character and culture.

— Ann Demeulemeester

My dad's French, and I spent my summers in France growing up. So I speak French fluently, and obviously, I speak English because I…

— Timothee Chalamet

We spoke French at home and I didn't know any English until I went to school. My mother was French and met my father…

— Joanne Harris

I was raised in Brussels as a Belgian but, at the same time, feeling that I wasn't necessarily from here.

— Stromae

I am French. I was born here, I live here and France is my cultural identity.

— Jain

My wife and I have spent most of our lives in France, and we are both pretty well bilingual, my wife more purely than…

— Patrick O'Brian

I'm a bit of a melting pot, I try to speak British, but there's some European lilt - a not-so-conventional one because I'm Belgian,…

— Eline Powell

The English was really my mother, it was never me. Being the daughter of my father, I always felt very French.

— Charlotte Gainsbourg