A Quote by Amala Akkineni

I have grown up in Chennai, so I speak Tamil fluent.

Amala Akkineni

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Amala Akkineni
Indian - Actress
Born: September 12, 1967

True, I was born and raised in Chennai, fluent in Tamil, but essentially, I am a Telugu guy and a Telugu actor.

Mahesh Babu

To the Tamil media, I have mostly interacted in English since I am not fluent in Tamil.

Vijay Deverakonda

I am required to shoot for 'Jaiyam' only for five days in a month. Being able to speak Tamil fluently, I complete 25 episodes each time I visit Chennai.

Sudha Chandran

I am a Malayali who was brought up in Chennai. I know both Malayalam and Tamil.

Kalyani Priyadarshan

I grew up in Chennai and was very much influenced by Rajinikant's stardom and importance of cinema in Tamil culture.

Abhishek Banerjee

I have a huge connect with South. My father can speak fluent Tamil. He studied in Bengaluru. My brother studied in Kodaikanal. I am familiar with the South.

Sussanne Khan

I actually speak fluent English and Spanish and... I dabble in a couple of languages, but I'm not fluent in German, Russian and Arabic.

Cote de Pablo

My grandfather spoke fluent Spanish and I have family members who speak fluent Spanish.

Tony Gonzalez

Somehow you get past languages. I don't speak Mandarin. I don't speak fluent Italian. I don't speak German. But it's amazing how when you need to get something done, it finds a way.

B. J. Armstrong

We've now got a whole generation of jazz musicians who have been brought up with hip-hop. We've grown up alongside rappers and DJs; we've heard this music all our life. We are as fluent in J Dilla and Dr Dre as we are in Mingus and Coltrane.

Kamasi Washington

I speak fluent Spanish. I also speak Italian and I was once pretty decent at German.

Trish Regan

Richie' is so special to me. It's because this was the first Tamil film that I had auditioned for. I did not know the language well. I was an absolute newcomer. But I had the determination to speak in Tamil, as it was a very good role and I didn't want to let it go.

Shraddha Srinath

I knew that all South Indian language films were first made in Chennai and that Tamil Nadu is one of the biggest film-producing centres in the country. I wanted to be part of films here.

Nargis Fakhri

I speak Tamil well and I am proud to be living as a Tamil. but above it all, I am very proud Indian!

Mithali Raj

The Tamilians love me because I have done the most number of movies in Kollywood and have worked with all the top stars. I have even stayed in Chennai for a few years, and I have a strong connect with the city and the State of Tamil Nadu.