8 American Celebrities Who Speak French

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  • @bluesky8869
    @bluesky8869 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2585

    Jodie Foster is actually really really impressive. You almost couldn't even guess she's not french. She speaks french better than most native french speakers, she has a very varied, rich and accurate vocabulary.

    • @kokoro9218
      @kokoro9218 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

      I was going to point that out.

    • @Lb_75.p13
      @Lb_75.p13 6 ปีที่แล้ว +168

      don't exagerate she talk like a native french speaker but not better

    • @Agamfauzi
      @Agamfauzi 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Where is julie estelle female action movie in the raid 2 and the night come for us

    • @jean-louishamid5285
      @jean-louishamid5285 6 ปีที่แล้ว +86

      She speaks it better than 80% of our youth here, who bask in their own refusal to do anything correctly. Speaking a language, for instance.

    • @jscrackwood
      @jscrackwood 6 ปีที่แล้ว +72

      She actually translate herself in all her movies for the French version. she attended a French-speaking prep school, the Lycée Français de Los Angeles

  • @tinnypanda
    @tinnypanda 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1092

    The editing gave me a headache

  • @Tyrra06
    @Tyrra06 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1615

    In France WE used to say Jodie Foster speaks french without any accent. she's not fluent, she speaks french😇

    • @fuzzyscarfandmittens4772
      @fuzzyscarfandmittens4772 6 ปีที่แล้ว +118

      It's true she has no accent when she speaks French. It's really amazing when you listen to her.

    • @FREEMAN....
      @FREEMAN.... 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

      I don't agree with that. She still has an accent, although it is very discrete.

    • @nspector
      @nspector 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      @@FREEMAN.... Hi, I only speak a little French. Can I ask you to point out on what words here you can hear an accent?

    • @FREEMAN....
      @FREEMAN.... 6 ปีที่แล้ว +41

      @@nspector Hi, thanks for asking.
      I do recognize her excellent command of French but if you compare to a real bilingual person, let's say an English/American citizen born to a French mother/father, you can tell she is not a native French speaker. It is not only about the way she pronounces specific words, its about the rhythm, the intonation, the inflexions, the "music". And she sometimes uses English grammatical forms that don't exist in French.

    • @nspector
      @nspector 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@FREEMAN.... Ok, thanks. You've seen her other French interviews, I assume, from what you say here.

  • @patrickg8775
    @patrickg8775 4 ปีที่แล้ว +62

    Congratulations to Serena Williams ! Her French is pretty good ! And well articulated ! Seriously she has made efforts !

  • @morganw4883
    @morganw4883 5 ปีที่แล้ว +623

    I was really hoping at the end they would say "#1. Joey Tribbiani"

    • @aliceboyce6782
      @aliceboyce6782 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Yeah!!! And Lisa Kudrows husband is french. She speak french too.

    • @Kuromi_Sims
      @Kuromi_Sims 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      😂😂

    • @odezzasescon5141
      @odezzasescon5141 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I can't believe we are universal friends fans

    • @NjoyMoney
      @NjoyMoney 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      sososo tutti frutti

    • @sakitoby1581
      @sakitoby1581 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      hhhhhhhhhhhaaaaaaa oui exactement! "Je ta floop flee!" hahaaa Btw the late great Robin Williams was also fluent en francais and I believe Brooke Shields is also.

  • @shaniquamai-lee5192
    @shaniquamai-lee5192 7 ปีที่แล้ว +228

    I LOVE JOSEPH GORDON LEVITT EVEN MORE

  • @manneianevski
    @manneianevski 6 ปีที่แล้ว +394

    Jodie Foster is just impressive in french.
    First time I heard her in a french interview, I realized that she was doing her own voice in the french version of her movies.
    She just speak french with a french accent. I never heard her doing a grammar mistake, her french is very fluid, not hesitant, and the words she use are also quite intellectual.
    There is nothing more cute than american speaking french with their accent, but she is definitely more attractive with that talent.

    • @salmik_
      @salmik_ 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Wait its actually cute? An american accent in French? My bf says it's funny sounding 😭

    • @Sol_Badguy_GG
      @Sol_Badguy_GG 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@salmik_ It's weird alright.

    • @DocteurInfierno
      @DocteurInfierno 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Ça arrive mais c'est assez rare. Il faut être tres attentif

    • @MM-zc6qv
      @MM-zc6qv 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's not surprising. Her scholarship was mainly in a French school so that explains her great accent.

    • @Revolución_Socialista
      @Revolución_Socialista 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      "Americans" are all people who live in the American continent, not just in the United States.

  • @katyoutnabout5943
    @katyoutnabout5943 4 ปีที่แล้ว +187

    French Morning: Mitt Romney can speak french
    Mitt Romney: je m’appelle Mitt Romney
    (Avec un accent très fort)
    Duolingo: you’ve completed lesson one in French

    • @Inyourlap
      @Inyourlap 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I like his accent. You can hear he’s American because he emphasizes some parts of the words but he makes the effort to pronounce the “r”. It’s quite charming.
      As for Bradley Cooper, you can heat that he learnt French by speaking with young native speakers at the university. His French (here and in other interviews) is not formal at all, quite colloquial and it’s always surprising to hear foreigners using this type of expressions that you usually don’t learn at school.

  • @paulacostrut5338
    @paulacostrut5338 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1396

    Romney’s accent is what I imagine when I think of native English speakers trying to speak French

    • @mattl7641
      @mattl7641 6 ปีที่แล้ว +71

      It's how most Americans sound in French unfortunately. For some reason, a lot of Americans (and of course some other countries do this as well) do not ever try to take on a foreign accent when they speak a foreign language...they just use their same voice to enunciate a different combination of sounds. I studied in France for a year at a school with Americans, Chinese, Norwegians, Japanese, Italian,
      Spanish, Romanian, and other students, and across the board the Americans had the worst accent. Chinese were second (though their vocabulary was stellar), and Norwegians were surprisingly the best.
      But yeah, it's not an exaggeration. Most Americans sound like that speaking in French. It's very grating on the ears and shows a complete lack of appreciation for the foreign culture. Nothing like hearing "Je suis américain...UM...j'ai dix-huit ans...UM..." Foreign languages also have their own filler sounds/words, which again, Americans never tend to learn.

    • @kavatrax-clement-974_.
      @kavatrax-clement-974_. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Ha oui il y a Bradley Cooper qui parle super bien !!!

    • @sereneb.1685
      @sereneb.1685 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Actually, it’s worse

    • @hannahmarie08
      @hannahmarie08 6 ปีที่แล้ว +88

      Paula Costrut I hear so many Asian, African, German, French, and more people speaking English without attempting to take on an English (or American/Canadian) accent, and I've never found it to be an issue. Yet everybody complains when a native English speaker has their accent show through in a different language.

    • @lrose1310
      @lrose1310 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

      Hannah I agree. I studied at an international university where all the foreign classes were taught in English so the level of English comprehension and speaking had to be fairly high to succeed there. Yet none of the non English speaking foreigners ever attempted to sound English, american, Canadian, etc., they spoke with their natural accent. None of us English speaking foreigners cared about their accent. They also spoke english pretty much how they would speak their native language too (filling in gaps, mannerisms, sentance structures, etc.). It's actually kind of petty to get offended over it. If someone is trying and wants to learn you can politely correct them and show them the right way to fill in gaps and pronounce words. Rolling your eyes and shoving them off just seems like a self fulfilling prophecy. Of course they'll never learn if the people they can learn the best from refuse to speak to them.

  • @LittleLulubee
    @LittleLulubee 7 ปีที่แล้ว +493

    I LOVE JODIE FOSTER ❤️ And her French is EXCELLENT

    • @SteppingStonevlogs
      @SteppingStonevlogs 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      LittleLulubee she sounded superb! Really nice accent

    • @TheLittlebrokenheart
      @TheLittlebrokenheart 7 ปีที่แล้ว +28

      Her French accent was perfect!

    • @Morwenna16
      @Morwenna16 6 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      If I am right, she studied in a French school, this is why she speaks so well :)

    • @ouafmannlitchfield5448
      @ouafmannlitchfield5448 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Aucun accent effectivement

    • @verminted5243
      @verminted5243 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Were the others not so good? I cannot speak French so I don't see any of their errors 😄

  • @suburbansage1256
    @suburbansage1256 7 ปีที่แล้ว +733

    Mitt Romney's "accent" though...

    • @clincpb8903
      @clincpb8903 7 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      ça va ;-))

    • @lucasm4299
      @lucasm4299 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      SuburbanSage
      Yeah. But everyone else was trying.

    • @BenjaminIstvanCseko
      @BenjaminIstvanCseko 7 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      His was in the top 2-3...I thought the rest were worse.

    • @LittleLulubee
      @LittleLulubee 7 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      He put the emphasis in the wrong place when he said "organization", but otherwise, it was fine

    • @miahughes9122
      @miahughes9122 7 ปีที่แล้ว

      No fucking gross

  • @zisssssou
    @zisssssou 4 ปีที่แล้ว +64

    As a French citizen, Jodie Foster, Bradley Cooper and John Malkovich are quite outstanding in their practice of French.
    John Kerry is also not bad, but it's less surprising, regarding his diplomatic career.

    • @heliedecastanet1882
      @heliedecastanet1882 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      John Kerry spent lots of time in France, not because of his career, but because his family had (and still has) a house in Saint-Briac-sur-Mer. He is a first cousin of the former French politician Brice Lalonde.

    • @sion8
      @sion8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@heliedecastanet1882
      Wow, that's pretty interesting.

    • @sion8
      @sion8 หลายเดือนก่อน

      For the U.S. that's actually getting rarer to have people as secretary of state know another language other than English. Plus, there's been a rather sad trend in presidents only being solely anglophones, unlike the first decades of the United States existence!
      Obama has this far been the only prez to have some fluency in another language (Indonesian) other than English, Bush, Trump, and Biden all only know English. Although, Bush did try to speak in (very broken) Spanish at least.

    • @mattihp
      @mattihp 2 วันที่ผ่านมา

      What really sells Foster's and Malkovich's French to me is the confidence that lets them still be them

  • @mialando
    @mialando 2 ปีที่แล้ว +75

    For those wondering, Jodie Foster was actually studying in a french high school, and she also kept studying through literature after that. I think her mother had a big influence on it, she was a fan of the french culture and cinema. That's why she sounds like a native french speaker! :)

    • @umbertlambert2113
      @umbertlambert2113 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Who asked you? No one. So why are you expressing your opinion? GET OUT and stay out. We have no use for you here.

  • @Ceares
    @Ceares 6 ปีที่แล้ว +67

    speaking a language doesn't mean speaking it perfectly, if it did, there are plenty of native speakers who wouldn't qualify as "speakers". It's not hard to understand why more people, especially adults, don't try and learn another language when the attitude is the way it is in some of these comments.

    • @Rosannasfriend
      @Rosannasfriend 6 ปีที่แล้ว +27

      Its annoying, cause English speakers go easier on foreigners who speak our language. No matter how awful the grammar usually is, or how thick the accent, we usually tell a spanish or french person speaking our language "wow! your english is great!". We're often glad we can understand them at all. When its their turn? Nothing but discouragement. 2 steps forward, 5 back. "You're this enough, you're not that enough".

    • @cisium1184
      @cisium1184 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      C'est malheureusement tres bien dit, mon ami.

    • @sakitoby1581
      @sakitoby1581 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Joseph Beausigne Anyone who says things like that is just flat-out rude and ignorant! I try not to hate anyone but I HATE when people disparage others for their language, origins, ethnicity, color, any of that. This is 2021. What is wrong with these people that they want to perpetuate the ugliness and bigotry of past decades, centuries, millennia?? The world is a GLOBAL village! Those idiots need to evolve. I am 100% open to appreciating, learning about and learning from different languages and cultures. Vive la différence!

    • @lawtraf8008
      @lawtraf8008 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Rosannasfriend stop the bullshit

    • @MS-ii1sv
      @MS-ii1sv หลายเดือนก่อน

      It's mainly the French who gatekeep like that. Then they love to complain that nobody speaks French. I go to Quebec and try to speak French and you'll generally be flat out ignored or they'll speak English if they can.

  • @lunamothhh
    @lunamothhh 7 ปีที่แล้ว +488

    Why the music

    • @junchen9954
      @junchen9954 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      French is the most romantic language in the world. French girls are the best.

    • @WellBeSerious12
      @WellBeSerious12 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@junchen9954
      > Probably Japanese due to how many ways you can say 'I love you'.
      > Not misspelling Hungarian?

    • @gracekitambala3569
      @gracekitambala3569 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Lilyfloss I know I say the same thing

  • @zweigackroyd7301
    @zweigackroyd7301 6 ปีที่แล้ว +42

    Serena's accent is impressively good.

  • @FREEMAN....
    @FREEMAN.... 6 ปีที่แล้ว +44

    Jodie Foster is fluent in French. She has a very good accent and you can tell by the quality of her vocabulary she went to a French school (Lycée Français of L.A).
    The others speak correctly but it is obvious they are not as fluent and they make many mistakes. However, it is pretty charming.

  • @savvysearch
    @savvysearch 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Fun fact: Foster and Levitt went to the same Lycee Francais french school in LA. Claire Danes also went there. Foster was acting since she was little and had a short pop singing career in France when she was 15 with a few singles.

  • @amelies4149
    @amelies4149 7 ปีที่แล้ว +39

    Jodie,foster's accent is,AWESOME!!!

    • @ougaagapipocaca5933
      @ougaagapipocaca5933 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      i am french and when i heard she i believe she is french, her accent is the same to french people

  • @djcandle3863
    @djcandle3863 5 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    Mitt Romney sounds like every kid in my
    High school French class. "Um... Germ-maple-Cody."
    😂😂

    • @MrMatteNWk
      @MrMatteNWk ปีที่แล้ว

      Quagmire: "Mittens, shut up!"
      French Quagmire: "Mittens, ferme la bouche!"

  • @d-fens4878
    @d-fens4878 6 ปีที่แล้ว +89

    I'm French but Jodie Foster's French is way better than mine !

    • @nspector
      @nspector 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @Bruno Manuel Haha, that's funny. But I could probably say the same thing about her English and mine.

    • @spoofy702
      @spoofy702 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol avoue en plus son accent est tlm beau

    • @cocob777
      @cocob777 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      retourne a l'école

    • @desalpagesgator4988
      @desalpagesgator4988 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Petit flatteur ! J'ai écouté plusieurs de ses interviews en français, elle fait quand même quelques fautes de genre et elle a un petit accent.

    • @purpleaki7135
      @purpleaki7135 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@cocob777 No Google translate just a guess. Return to school?

  • @TimeTraveIer_0
    @TimeTraveIer_0 4 ปีที่แล้ว +14

    Me as a french : actually understand french
    Also me : read subtitles

    • @andreanne8228
      @andreanne8228 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      TimeTraveler_0 Moi aussi haha C’est un automatisme.

  • @kishiakaik6513
    @kishiakaik6513 6 ปีที่แล้ว +198

    Un anglais qui parle mal français, c'est mignon. Un français qui parle mal anglais, ça l'est moins.

    • @emonzon8097
      @emonzon8097 5 ปีที่แล้ว +85

      Vous pensez ça, mais en réalité les Americains adorent l'accent français.

    • @rimun5235
      @rimun5235 5 ปีที่แล้ว +32

      En fait, c'est tres mignon. Moi, je trouve que c'est les Francais qui deteste leur accent quand il parle Anglais mais pour nous, c'est tres tres mignon. Francais est mon troisieme langue et moi je trouve que mon accent est tres mauvais.

    • @derranlawston4052
      @derranlawston4052 5 ปีที่แล้ว +20

      Abner monzon je suis american et je d’accord avec toi, nous aimons le accent français 😄😁

    • @eimearc
      @eimearc 5 ปีที่แล้ว +22

      excusez mon français mais je suis irlandaise et les anglophones aiment beaucoup l'accent français, le considèrent sophistiqué

    • @lu656
      @lu656 5 ปีที่แล้ว +16

      eim Je suis d’Allemagne et ici, les gens aiment l’accent français aussi :)

  • @charbelmoussa3006
    @charbelmoussa3006 7 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    jodie foster has the best accent

  • @mudza92
    @mudza92 5 ปีที่แล้ว +45

    Turn up the music man I could almost hear people talking in the background for God's sake

  • @faals5456
    @faals5456 7 ปีที่แล้ว +272

    Jodie Foster omgggggg

    • @eps3154
      @eps3154 7 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      She went to a French school in California iirc

    • @ikari9744
      @ikari9744 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Faals5 she said "Omelette du fromage"

    • @ca5429
      @ca5429 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      She dubbed herself in French in 12 movies. She is amazing.

  • @noname4766
    @noname4766 6 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Jodie Foster talks like a native, Bradley Cooper talks fluently as well that's quite impressive

  • @yeahwon90
    @yeahwon90 6 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Ugh I didn't think it was possible to have more reasons to love joseph gordon levitt and yet here I am 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @martineric7499
    @martineric7499 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    Nana Mouskouri speaks no less than six languages, Greek (her mother tongue), French, Spanish, German, English and Italian. She is not an actress or actor but a singer of Greek origin and her French is perfect

  • @STAAAAAAAAAAAARRRS
    @STAAAAAAAAAAAARRRS 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    John Malkovich obviously speaks French since he lives in south of France (yeepee, so do I)...and Judie Foster had a french education so both have good to legit french, Judie Foster specifically having a Parisian accent. I'm just surprised about Jason Gordon-Levitt...

  • @carlosr3523
    @carlosr3523 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    They all have pretty thick English accents except for Jodie Foster, Serena Williams and John Malkovich.

  • @martineric7499
    @martineric7499 4 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am French and I can say without the slightest hesitation that Jody Foster is the actress who speaks the French language best. incredible, no accent and speaks impeccable French. Some of my compatriots speak less well than her. it's mindblowind . Chapeau bas madame Foster

  • @LadyArachnea
    @LadyArachnea 6 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    Jodie Foster speaks better French than many of my fellow countrymen ! I am still amazed each time I hear her ^^
    You forgot Kristin Scott Thomas - British but she lives in France, was married to a French & makes her carreer almost in our country ! You could also have mentionned Emma Thompson.

    • @enlilw-l2
      @enlilw-l2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Hello captain Kathryn Janeway 😄

    • @LadyArachnea
      @LadyArachnea ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@enlilw-l2 😘🥰

    • @enlilw-l2
      @enlilw-l2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LadyArachnea Didn't know if I would get an answer 4 years after ! I loved Star Trek Voyager series 😍

    • @LadyArachnea
      @LadyArachnea ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@enlilw-l2 I was lost in the delta quadrant🙈🙈🥰🥰

    • @enlilw-l2
      @enlilw-l2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@LadyArachnea Oh no again ! Hope you haven't been assimilated 😁

  • @sushicourier
    @sushicourier 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Comedian Elayne Boosler is also fluent in French and Italian.

  • @antinea45
    @antinea45 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Certains parlent pas trop mal le francais mais je pense que c'est Jodie Foster qui le parle le mieux à tout point de vue tant au niveau du phrasé qu’au niveau de l’accent car elle n’en a pratiquement pas. En français, son niveau est excellent. 😊

  • @VladSicoe
    @VladSicoe 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jodie Foster’s accent is uncanny. I also love Serena Williams and Gwyneth Paltrow. 😍😍 French is such a beautiful language

  • @ariel_claire
    @ariel_claire 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    French's one of the languages
    I admire.💙

  • @harryscott4705
    @harryscott4705 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Merci d’avoir fait ce montage de vidéos...bien fait. A part de la musique qui est peu trop fort pour bien entendre tous les accents, c’est très utile de la montrer à mes élèves au collège.

  • @19ccj65
    @19ccj65 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Jane Fonda also speaks French, wonderfully,

  • @dkdvaren7623
    @dkdvaren7623 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I thought the last person was really french, she was talking EXACTLY like a french person, it looks like she was born in America but grew in France, it's awesome! Nobody would think she's American.

  • @cheliyahshelley459
    @cheliyahshelley459 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Wow. Gwyneth Paltrow can speak both spanish and french 😍

  • @gg-bv5qq
    @gg-bv5qq 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Thank you for the music.

  • @animalrevenge1058
    @animalrevenge1058 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How charming it is to listen to their cute accent. They speak pretty good French.

  • @nicolasmontagne4993
    @nicolasmontagne4993 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I am amazed with Jodie Foster every time I hear her speaking French. She must be naturally gifted for foreign languages: she virtually has no accent at all O.o
    I know she studied in a French school or so as a kid/teen, but still… I know people who have been living in France for decades and can't speak the way she does.

  • @aurelie2215
    @aurelie2215 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Jodie Foster c'est incroyable, pas d'accent pas de faute impressionnant.

    • @kiarapatriceoxley2026
      @kiarapatriceoxley2026 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oui, J'ai commencé à apprendre le français quand j'avais 13 ans, j'en ai 33 maintenant. Les langues les plus difficiles que j'ai étudiées étaient l'allemand, l'arabe, le russe et le chinois, mais à mon avis, le chinois mandarin n'est pas si difficile.

  • @LuffyMonkey-lu1nr
    @LuffyMonkey-lu1nr 5 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Jody has perfect french accent because she did all her studies in french since Her childhood,that is normal because it is almost impossible for a no native speaker to learn a foreign language during adolescence or adult age and speak with same accent as a native speaker .

  • @6periwinkle
    @6periwinkle 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Now we can add my boy Timothee Chalamet to the list

    • @allllll5609
      @allllll5609 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      But he's half french, it's different..

    • @thibskywalker4450
      @thibskywalker4450 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@allllll5609 He speaks French too

    • @urbestie222
      @urbestie222 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@allllll5609 the title is AMERICAN celebrities who speak French, and he's really fluent, so he does count

    • @allllll5609
      @allllll5609 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@thibskywalker4450 THAT'S NOT THE QUESTION, HE'S BORN HALF FRENCH

  • @jordikeoni
    @jordikeoni 6 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Don't forget to add Timmothée Chalamet...who stars in "Call Me By Your Name".

    • @lyiadul3155
      @lyiadul3155 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      Modernist.Aloha Seriously ? Of course !!! He's half french !!! 😫

    • @itsflowerside
      @itsflowerside 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      yeah he’s half french though so that doesn’t count

    • @urbestie222
      @urbestie222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@itsflowerside well actually the title of this video is AMERICAN celebrities who speak French and he's actually really fluent.

    • @urbestie222
      @urbestie222 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Sorry if that sounded rude🥺❤

  • @IzmanHawk
    @IzmanHawk 6 ปีที่แล้ว +54

    I have a man-crush on Joseph Gordon Hewitt

    • @11Garrett11
      @11Garrett11 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's just called a crush

    • @dennisstaughton7474
      @dennisstaughton7474 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Garrett1111 No, I have "just... a crush." By "man-crush," Lelaki's making sure nobody thinks he wants to fuck JGL.

    • @dennisstaughton7474
      @dennisstaughton7474 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Garrett1111 No, I have "just... a crush." By "man-crush," Lelaki's making sure nobody thinks he wants to fuck JGL.

    • @r.crowder8819
      @r.crowder8819 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Youre GAY. Accept it

    • @carlosr3523
      @carlosr3523 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      He's French is not that good though, he's got a pretty thick English(American) accent.

  • @oliviamonkey
    @oliviamonkey 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Jodie Foster est la meilleure, she's perfectly natural.

  • @solmartel360
    @solmartel360 4 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I was impressed by John Kerry. He sounded almost native. Jodie Foster’s French is je-dropping as well.

  • @keithlambert6217
    @keithlambert6217 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    It's great that you were able to include @PierreDilecto in you list, Romney is such a tool

  • @jagre7013
    @jagre7013 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Jodie Foster est vraiment impressionnante, elle parle le Français à la perfection ... Même si à peu près tout le monde sait que c'est un génie, sa maitrise de notre langue reste tout de même surprenante.

    • @umbertlambert2113
      @umbertlambert2113 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      You don't know English?

    • @enlilw-l2
      @enlilw-l2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@umbertlambert2113 you don't know french ??

    • @martineric7499
      @martineric7499 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      ​@@umbertlambert2113 and what,do you speak french ?

    • @umbertlambert2113
      @umbertlambert2113 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@martineric7499 English is world's only international language. Everyone should speak and communicate in French. Don't you agree?

  • @peteradaniel
    @peteradaniel 10 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I love that Mitt Romney and John Kerry are now celebrities 😂.

  • @multilingualatelier7998
    @multilingualatelier7998 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jodi Foster a de loin le meilleur niveau parmi ces huit célébrités. Deuxième place pour Gordon pour la concordance des temps et modes grammaticaux ["que ça arriverait" = "that it would happen], souvent pas facile pour ceux qui aprennent le français.

  • @magaliebregeon5738
    @magaliebregeon5738 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Jolie Foster est la seule à parler Français sans accent ni hésitation pour moi en tant que Française c'est comme si Jodie était née en France et avait vécu toute sa vie en France et j'adore ça , je préfères quand les étrangers parlent dans leurs langues maternelles que ecorche chaque mot moi je suis nul en Anglais et je ne m'amuse pas à parler Anglais.

  • @Sikanda.
    @Sikanda. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jodie Foster a un français absolument impeccable. Je croyais même qu'elle était française étant petit.

  • @kirikou306
    @kirikou306 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a french, I can tell you the most impressive is Jodie Foster. You can tell she is not French, not because of her american accent because she speaks with close to zero accent. More the way she presents ideas in speaking but otherwise her French is excellent. Bradley Cooper too I must say speak great French.

  • @David-281
    @David-281 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Joseph Gordon Levitt portrayed french high-wire walker Philippe Petit in The Walk

  • @4vndd
    @4vndd 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow.. really impressive...!!! Thanks for sharing..!!!

  • @StillAliveAndKicking_
    @StillAliveAndKicking_ ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Here’s an idea. Make a video of Anglophone celebrities speaking French, and then make sure we can’t hear them by adding loud music.

  • @zizographie
    @zizographie 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wow, Jodie Foster really speaks like a native

    • @christophepena2212
      @christophepena2212 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      zizographie it's not really true...Her accent is Perfect because she has learned french under 5 years old...but she makes grammaticals faults and vocabulary errors ...but it has it's charm!!!

  • @mikeb3717
    @mikeb3717 6 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    Read the comments and you'll have no question as to why people think the French are rude and snooty. As someone living in a very international area, and someone who studies foreign languages, criticizing accents/pronunciation in such a way seems unnecessary.

    • @blackngoldcuttlefish3390
      @blackngoldcuttlefish3390 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      I agree a lot of these comments are unfair, but I'm not sure if they're all from francophones or English speakers who know some French and are trying to look smart. I agree it's not really cool to bash accents nor people's attempts to speak another language. At least they know something and are trying. Okay, Mitt Romney was kind of funny, I bet he was just reading a random teleprompter. But the rest are trying and do know something, even if are not extremely "advanced." I'm probably just feeling a bit fatigued living in France and feeling like a daily failure, although it seems like people understand me for the most part and I'm able to have two-way interactions fairly easily now so, hey, progress. lol. It's just a very long, arduous process to learn a second language (at least for some), so bashing people's journey or attempts isn't helpful (not just when learning french obvs, but anyone learning any second language...including people learning English, etc...)

    • @christophepena2212
      @christophepena2212 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mike B the french are not more "rude and snooty" than any other country!!!...the french are this...the french are that...like American people!!!!...

    • @hugq14
      @hugq14 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Mike B I read your comment and I know why we think your people are SO, SO freaking annoying!!

    • @Rosannasfriend
      @Rosannasfriend 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      I agree with Mike B. Not necessarily his first sentence(not disagreeing with it either), but I wholly concur with his second statement!

  • @saxosaxo8851
    @saxosaxo8851 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Jodie parle mieux que beaucoup de Français notamment dans le choix des mots. Bravo!!👏👏

  • @Sarah-gw7bj
    @Sarah-gw7bj 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Foster's accent is perfect

  • @dede19833
    @dede19833 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Trust me, Jodie Foster speaks fluent french with no foreign accent.

  • @onefreebird1
    @onefreebird1 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Leavitt is so gorgeous and talented

  • @lorenzoblock1673
    @lorenzoblock1673 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I am French and Jodie Foster is the only one who speaks it flawlessly. Most of the others cant say much more.

  • @williamlynch3130
    @williamlynch3130 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Les français sont très a cheval sur la langue de Molière. Je suis américain, et je trouve les français sympa. C’est juste qu’ils voudrient nous aider. Je vous aime bien beaucoup, France. Bisous!

  • @samalveralove
    @samalveralove 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    "propriétrice" omgggg so cuuuuute

  • @jonasbaine3538
    @jonasbaine3538 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Cool. Re-upload without the music though so we can hear their pronunciations.

  • @alexanderzamora5930
    @alexanderzamora5930 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cooper has a good accent. Even the actor number 8

  • @heathergreen6089
    @heathergreen6089 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jody Foster. She's the real deal. Impressive language skills

  • @aslan9334
    @aslan9334 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Of course Jodie has to be here and thank you for putting her # 1👍

  • @vintagexela
    @vintagexela 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    it's sounds so sophisticated

  • @mariannepasqualetti5893
    @mariannepasqualetti5893 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Pourquoi cette musique de fond?!

  • @HugoFeunoyr91
    @HugoFeunoyr91 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jodi Foster is Hauntingly perfect in french Impeccable madame Foster !

  • @onykajallim5684
    @onykajallim5684 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Well damnnnn 👀👀👀 French is a sexy language I speak the Haitian kind

  • @shanbinjenna
    @shanbinjenna 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Joseph est clairement l'homme idéal

  • @heatea5255
    @heatea5255 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    John Kerry spoke such a good french tho wtf such a diplomatic and high class choice of word its impressive

  • @moroccoisback477
    @moroccoisback477 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    wth.. Foster talks perfect French without local region french accent. This is the standard French that all French people strive to speak with high-end words. Great

  • @tokyocraze
    @tokyocraze 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jodie is the best one. She is fully fluent

  • @InefableCH
    @InefableCH 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jodie Foster sounds so french !
    I can say there is no hesitation to pronounce with fluidity

  • @TBaguette
    @TBaguette 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Daaamn the last one as a really good French accent!

  • @sincerely-b
    @sincerely-b 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Jodie Foster speaks French perfectly. The others are learning.

  • @Bubble170
    @Bubble170 7 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I’ve always noticed how versatile English speakers are with their accents when speaking other languages considering how heavy foreign accents sound in English like I watched a French film and the English guy spoke French with a really heavy English accent but in reality those with French as a second language sound French.

    • @MartyMusic777
      @MartyMusic777 7 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Emdontplayguitar Most of these actors had an accent, but it's true. English has a lot of hard-to-form sounds that are these weird mixtures of Germanic and Romance sounds, so it's naturally tougher when you have a larger set to deal with.

    • @floraice11
      @floraice11 7 ปีที่แล้ว +14

      English is such a jumble of languages already that so many of the phonemes required for other languages are already in the English sounds so it's relatively easy for English speakers to pick up an accent if they try

    • @TheRacingWind
      @TheRacingWind 7 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Are you, perhaps, an English speaker? Because for us it's much harder to discern our own accents when speaking other languages.

    • @carlosmata6839
      @carlosmata6839 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      english speakers are the worst when trying to speak spanish. It's impossible not to notice not only the accent but the hard time they have with conjugations, words genres (non existing in english) and so on... its the same with french.

    • @saraaion4245
      @saraaion4245 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Carlos Mata
      Yeah that's also the impression that I had.. We once had an american exchange student in our class and she couldn't pronounce German very well.. She had a really strong (but cute) american accent haha
      and her Spanish was only decent

  • @marich91
    @marich91 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    "Propriétrice". I melted!

    • @DansVilleray
      @DansVilleray 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      J'avoue. Quelle merveilleuse invention!

  • @kaptainzdragon5478
    @kaptainzdragon5478 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Serena Williams? That is so cool.

  • @sandyn3384
    @sandyn3384 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    RDJ legit losing it when G spoke French lol (watch whole interview) THEY DONT TEACH FRENCH IN JAIL😃🤣❤️

  • @Florence-js2ry
    @Florence-js2ry 7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Félicitations ! Ils sont tous super. Jodie Foster sans accent ! Joseph Gordon Lewitt magnifique comme toujours ! Je ne savais pas que Serena Williams parlait français et aussi bien de surcroît. ❤❤❤

  • @bisusarmsn1431
    @bisusarmsn1431 6 ปีที่แล้ว +28

    Thanks for the ANNOYING MUSIC!

  • @DaphnesRelaxingSounds
    @DaphnesRelaxingSounds 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I missed Timothée in this. Maybe this video was made just before Call Me by Your Name became popular?

  • @mbear1639
    @mbear1639 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Bad French except for Jodi Foster.
    Bradley Cooper gets an honorable mention.

  • @GagaBoy1346
    @GagaBoy1346 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Just when I thought Joey could not have gotten hotter...

  • @aevil13
    @aevil13 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Bradley cooper sounded like he only memorized a few lines

  • @kavatrax-clement-974_.
    @kavatrax-clement-974_. 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Trop génial des acteurs américain qui parle français

    • @christophepena2212
      @christophepena2212 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      Clement Payet dis donc la française!!!!...qui PARLENT...Là 3eme personne du pluriel de l'indicatif tu connais????...le bescherelle est à la portée de tous!!!

  • @nsphilippe
    @nsphilippe 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Jodie Foster parle vraiment bien!! Wow!! Je ne savais pas que Joseph Gordon-Levitt parlait français aussi!

  • @Jaguar1910
    @Jaguar1910 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    La classe Jodie Foster!!! Elle parle super bien, en plus je l'adore comme actrice ^^

  • @TheSpaceman332211
    @TheSpaceman332211 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    John Kerry/mitt Romney high school french, gwyneth duolingo for a few hours

  • @sefarinabenavides1023
    @sefarinabenavides1023 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Background music should be in the background