England Quote by Jean Alesi

I came to this country when I was 13 years old, I couldn't really speak English, and I had an accent.

— Jimmy O. Yang

When I arrived in the U.S., I knew little English and didn't have any friends. The neighborhood and school kids were so welcoming. They…

— Olga Fonda

When I was 13 I made a youth national team and we went on a trip to Europe. It was the first time that…

— Jesse Marsch

I was born abroad, but my parents were both English. Still, those few years of separation, and then coming back to England as an…

— Rachel Cusk

When I came here I moved to London and I was meeting so many new people and had to speak only in English, which…

— Saara Aalto

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

Being an immigrant and living in England, I feel like I lived in two worlds. There was the world that, when I was at…

— Edward Enninful

I refused to learn English for two years when we moved to London, hoping to send my family back home. It was tough, but…

— Anya Taylor-Joy

I had the opportunity to travel to America when I was younger and learned the language.

— Rodri

When I was 10 years old, we moved to Spain with my mother. I learned Spanish before I learned English. But the English language…

— Elif Safak

I really wanted to speak English because I started touring the world, and I wanted to communicate with people directly.

— Miyavi

I had a very colorless background, and when I left Ohio and moved to England, nobody knew who I was and I had a…

— Chrissie Hynde