Guardian Quote by Richard Burton

When I came to England in '86, my first week of school was terrible because I would put my hand up to answer things,…

— M.I.A

I wasn't very good at school and appalling at English.

— Jonathan Anderson

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

— Diogo Jota

Nothing in my younger life could have told me I would have needed to know how to speak English.

— Omar Sy

I was a terrible English student.

— Leon Uris

I excelled in English while I was at school.

— Jamie Bell

My husband's parents were both English teachers for decades.

— Celeste Ng

My mother was a children's librarian, and I was raised on lots of English children's literature. It gave me this weird idea that I…

— Jefferson Mays

I learnt English later in life.

— Raza Murad

I couldn't speak English. I'm in kindergarten, and the only reason I got through to first grade is because I cheated.

— Louis Zamperini

For over ten years I always had, but I don't speak English.

— Zhang Yimou

The fact is, I loved being English. I was very happy to be turned into an English schoolboy.

— Tom Stoppard