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Eddie Izzard: There are so many languages I'd like to learn to perform in – Russian, Italian. And I'd love to be able to perform in the country where I was born – Yemen.


Paul McCartney: I like languages. In school I learnt Latin, Spanish and German. On tour I have good translators that I work with. They translate what I want to say to the audience, I write it down and learn it. In 2003, Putin invited me and Heather to the Kremlin. I was telling him how I like to speak to the crowd, and I said I was going to say 'Privyet Maskvichi'. He said 'Don't say that, say "Priv-ee-et ribiata". It means "Hi guys".' He said it's much cooler. Talk about how things have changed. For years the Kremlin wouldn't let you sing in Russia, and now they're coming to your gig and they're giving you language lessons on the side. I love it.

Kate Beckinsale:
You may know her from
: Movies like Click, Serendipity, Underworld, Van Helsing and Pearl Harbor.Almost made me turn to vampirism with her Underworld films. Routinely places in FHM, Maxim and Stuff's annual lists of hot women.
Attended Oxford University (New College) studying French and Russian literature for 3 years. As a teenager she was a two-time winner of the W.H. Smith Young Writers' competition for her short stories and poems. Is also fluent in French, German and Russian.

Aisha Tyler
You may know her from: Television's Talk Soup, Friends, Ghost Whisperer and 24.Not only is she tall and beautiful, but she's also got a serious sense of humor having pursued a standup career.
Earned a Bachelor's degree from Dartmouth in Government with a minor in Environmental Policy. Fluent in French Russian and Swahili. She's also a serious poker player

Daniella Pestova
You may know her from
: from magazine covers. She’s a model.
Fluent in English, Italian, Russian, French and Czech.
Her career skyrocketed as she appeared on the covers of major fashion magazines - including Cosmopolitan, Elle, Marie Claire and Glamour.

Christopher Lee
You may know him from: Christopher Lee is perhaps the only actor of his generation to have starred in so many films. Although most notable for personifying bloodsucking vampire, Dracula, on screen, he has portrayed other varied characters on screen, most of which were villains, whether it be Francisco Scaramanga in the James Bond film, The Man with the Golden Gun (1974), or Count Dooku in Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones (2002), or as the title monster in the Hammer horror picture, The Mummy (1959).
He speaks French, Italian, Spanish and German and can "get along" in Swedish, Russian and Greek

Jose Luis Paniagua
You may know him from:
"Amor de mis amores", "Lejana cómo el viento", "Caponera, La", "Hermosa Niña"
He speaks five languages: Spanish, Italian, English, French and Portuguese. He knows a bit of Greek and Russian.


Branko Tomovic
You may know him from: Taximan, Inbetween, "The Bill", Russian Roulette, It's a Free World..., The Bourne Ultimatum, "Küstenwache", Endstation Ostsee, Souvenir, Low and High, Dirty Seed and more..
Besides English he also speaks perfect German and Serbo-Croatian, some Russian and knows how to curse in French.

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