English language Quote by Elif Safak

My first language is both English and Spanish. My mom was raised in Los Angeles, so with her we spoke English, but my father…

— Jencarlos Canela

I grew up speaking Spanish. The woman who helped raise me was only Spanish-speaking, so it was one of my primary languages as a…

— Zoe Kazan

I learned Spanish at home and, since half my family doesn't speak English, it's my first language.

— Odette Annable

My mom speaks English - she moved to England in the '70s, so she's fluent in English. We use to speak in Spanish when…

— Ed Weeks

I started to learn English when I was 10-years-old.

— Diogo Jota

When I was 11, I moved to the United States with my two brothers and my mom. We moved to northern New York, up…

— Viggo Mortensen

When I lived in the U.S., I spoke Portuguese with my mother and grandmother, Spanish with my father and his family, and English with…

— Vicente Luque

I spoke Spanish when I was three, and then Maltese. I love dictionaries. I like foreigners. My dad moved every year before I was…

— John Lloyd

Spanish was my first language. Honestly, I learned to first speak in Spanish, not English, because my poor mother had to go to San…

— Luis Alberto Urrea

I learned Spanish as my second language from middle school through high school. I grew up volunteering at homeless shelters and tutoring kids of…

— Eric Nam

My mom taught me German before I knew English. And I went to French immersion school.

— Tatiana Maslany

I grew up speaking Spanish and English. My mother can speak Spanish, English, French and Italian, and she's pretty good at faking Portuguese. I…

— Sebastian Arcelus