Celebrities speaking languages

Many successful people speak various languages. Not only does it help in their job, it also opens the door to understanding different cultures and enjoying other countries much deeper.
And if that was not enough yet: studies have been showing that speaking several languages is one of the best exercises your brain can get. Even up to postponing the onset of Alzheimer's by 4 to 5 years.

Hugh Laurie
actor

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James Hugh Calum Laurie, known as Hugh Laurie, is an English actor, comedian, writer, musician and director. He speaks French, German and Spanish and learned all three at the Dragon School and Eton. He said in an interview that he'd like to be fluent in Italian because 'it's a beautiful language'.

Image by XSIDE [CC-BY-2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

 
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