Crew Quote by John Foster

I know just enough Japanese to get by if I get lost and greet an audience properly, just from having a lot of Japanese…

— Janis Ian

I have an all-Japanese design team, and none of them speak English. So it's often funny and surprising how my ideas end up lost…

— Pharrell Williams

“late as the 1950s, a foreigner who was able to speak very good Japanese would frequently encounter people who were so conditioned to believe…

— Boyé Lafayette de Mente

Increasingly, corporate executives who don't speak Japanese are coming into Japan. Unlike their predecessors, they expect their employees to be able to communicate in…

— Rebecca MacKinnon

When I was at U.C.L.A., I decided I was going to go to Japan and learn Japanese.

— Natalie Massenet

I don't really do Japanese interviews. I don't think there's much call for me in Japan.

— Nick Cave

If I spoke no English, my world would be limited to the Japanese-speaking community, and no matter how talented I was, I could never…

— S. I. Hayakawa

“Among the chattering, cheerful, well-dressed crowd of people waiting at the gate were a number of quiet young men, each with a pleasant but…

— Gerard K. O'Neill

Jennie would speak English to me, and Jisoo helped me out with my Korean.

— Lisa

One of the producers, Wonjo, was an amazing interpreter. I don't think we really knew how it was going to work at the beginning.…

— Mia Wasikowska

Nobody says anything to me now when it comes to Japanese. They actually ask me things. I now have power!

— Seungri

Just remember that when I went to New Japan, nobody knew who I was. And I've done okay.

— Finn Balor