About Quote by HoYeon Jung

Here in South Korea, I'm continuing to learn English in order to boost my prospects. When North Korean defectors try to get a job…

— Lee Hyeon-seo

I grew up speaking Korean, but my dad spoke English very well. I learned a lot of how to speak English by watching television.

— John Cho

A lot of people got to know me through Korean TV.

— Henry Lau

My father spoke with something very similar to a 1920s newscaster type of English, and I learnt that accent of power in post-colonial Zimbabwe.…

— Rege-Jean Page

I learned how to speak English watching television.

— Azita Ghanizada

Living in China, I found out that the bright new world was not for me, not for defectors. My life in North Korea had…

— Lee Hyeon-seo

I have had a great deal of interaction with Koreans and feel a fairly strong bond with Korea.

— Joichi Ito

Obviously, I've made several films in Korea, so I'm very well accustomed and acclimated to Korean filmmaking.

— Kim Ji-woon

I spoke English when I moved to the U.S.A. but I had an accent. To get rid of it, I watched a lot of…

— Jimmy O. Yang

North Korea was pretty insane. Like the first thing my mom taught me was don't even whisper, the birds and mice could hear me.…

— Park Yeon-mi

I'm extremely grateful I was born in North Korea. If that didn't happen, there's no way I could understand other people's pain.

— Park Yeon-mi

I worked with an amazing dialect coach named Jill McCullough. We did Skype sessions while I was shooting "No Escape" in Thailand, actually. So…

— Lake Bell