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I can read a lot of French newspapers with Google Translate and have them read quite comfortably.

I unfortunately don't speak French, but my wife is now fluent in English, which really reflects rather badly on me.

I ought to at least be able to read literature in French. I went to an enlightened grade school that started us on French in fifth grade, which meant that by the time I graduated high school I had been at it for eight years.

My father's really fluent in French, but I can't speak at all. I actually took it twice in school already and failed both times!

As for the French language, it's probably one of the most beautiful in the world. I speak a little bit and I can follow conversations, but I think it will take time to improve myself.

English people don't have very good diction. In France you have to pronounce very particularly and clearly, and learning French at an early age helped me enormously.

One thing I can say about the French language is that no one in the world loves their language as much as they do. It doesn't matter if you're close - it still sounds terrible to their ears.

Some words, you know, it's amazing but some words would come only in French, and when I speak French, it would only come in English. And so the adjustment is very difficult sometimes.

I learned my French through school. I was lucky in that the tutor on 'The Wonder Years' set spoke fluent French.