In Paris, one is always reminded of being a foreigner. If you park your car wrong, it is not the fact that it's on the sidewalk that matters, but the fact that you speak with an accent.
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When I travel round the country, people can't place my accent; if there's someone in the audience, they'll be like, 'You're from Philadelphia', but everyone else will say, 'Where are you from, California?' I get England sometimes - bizarre!
It's true that Paris is made up of equal parts of social conservatism and anarchic experimentation, but foreigners never quite know where to place the moral accent mark.
People in France are very intrusive when they recognize you. In New York, they are very polite, with quick words, so it's great.
I was born in Paris, and my mother was a French teacher, but then I rebelled against my upbringing and studied Spanish in school. So now I just speak bad French and bad Spanish.
When I was living in Paris in the '80s, I used to go out with an American model who couldn't speak French. But suddenly everyone could speak English because he was so cute.
I was born in Paris, and I haven't moved, except until now - I live in the suburbs and I hate it.
I spent a lot of time in London when I was growing up and I've always picked up accents without even really meaning to. It used to get me into trouble as a child.
To be honest, accents are one of those things for me, personally, that usually come quite naturally by just listening to the people.
Paris is a wonderful city. I can't say I belong to an especially anglophone community.
In France, everyone speaks French 'cause they think it's cool. Gives 'em, gives 'em an excuse to smoke.