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.

Bradley Cooper
actor

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Bradley Cooper's language skills remained relatively unknown until a 2011 interview that was promoting The Hangover 2, where he gave the whole interview in fluent French. Cooper picked up the language while enrolled in a study abroad program in college. Not thinking about becoming an actor or part of the bilingual celebrities pack back in his college days, Cooper rather spent his time as an exchange student in France, learning the language, and probably picking up the girls who fainted at his feet when he even glanced in their direction. When asked why French, he said: 'When I was a kid, I remember watching Chariots of Fire,' 'And French is the official language of the Olympics. So there's a scene where a guy was speaking French and I thought, 'Man, that sounds so cool. I want to learn French.'

Image by David Shankbone (David Shankbone) [CC-BY-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons

 
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