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Stars who speak other languages

Published 1:31 PM EDT, Thu October 23, 2014
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While visiting an audience at Beijing's Tsinghua University on Thursday, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg spent 30 minutes speaking in Chinese -- a language he's been studying for several years. He's not the only well-known person who's fluent in something besides English. Here are some other examples:
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While visiting an audience at Beijing's Tsinghua University on Thursday, Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg spent 30 minutes speaking in Chinese -- a language he's been studying for several years. He's not the only well-known person who's fluent in something besides English. Here are some other examples:
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Sandra Bullock was born in Virginia but raised in Germany, the homeland of her opera-singer mother. She's fluent in German, as <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DIzbrztZFCFA" target="_blank" target="_blank">can be seen here</a>.
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Sandra Bullock was born in Virginia but raised in Germany, the homeland of her opera-singer mother. She's fluent in German, as can be seen here.
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The Boston-born, Maryland-raised Edward Norton spent some time in Japan after graduating from Yale. He worked for a foundation created by his grandfather, real-estate developer James Rouse. He says his Japanese is rusty but<a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D5A3dsYKoJh0" target="_blank" target="_blank"> he can still speak it</a>.
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The Boston-born, Maryland-raised Edward Norton spent some time in Japan after graduating from Yale. He worked for a foundation created by his grandfather, real-estate developer James Rouse. He says his Japanese is rusty but he can still speak it.
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"Gossip Girl" star Leighton Meester is a capable French speaker, and <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dh3C0htVdKUo" target="_blank" target="_blank">broke out a few phrases</a> in an interview.
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"Gossip Girl" star Leighton Meester is a capable French speaker, and broke out a few phrases in an interview.
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Oscar winner Natalie Portman was born in Israel and is a dual citizen of the U.S. and her native land. She can speak a number of languages,<a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Dn-PDArBZrz8" target="_blank" target="_blank"> including Hebrew</a>, German and French.
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Oscar winner Natalie Portman was born in Israel and is a dual citizen of the U.S. and her native land. She can speak a number of languages, including Hebrew, German and French.
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"The Ballad of Jack and Rose" actress Camilla Belle grew up in a bilingual household, thanks to her Brazilian mother, and <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DgEgiDWENpTA" target="_blank" target="_blank">can speak fluent Portuguese</a>.
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"The Ballad of Jack and Rose" actress Camilla Belle grew up in a bilingual household, thanks to her Brazilian mother, and can speak fluent Portuguese.
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Ben Affleck learned Spanish while living in Mexico and still draws upon the language, as he did <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Djjkt8eG7Qms" target="_blank" target="_blank">when being interviewed about "Argo."</a>
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Ben Affleck learned Spanish while living in Mexico and still draws upon the language, as he did when being interviewed about "Argo."
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Bradley Cooper speaks fluent French, which he learned as a student attending Georgetown and then spending six months in France. The<a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.vanityfair.com%2Fvf-hollywood%2Fbradley-cooper-fluent-french-american-bluff" target="_blank" target="_blank"> Internet loves it when he conducts interviews</a> in the language.
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Bradley Cooper speaks fluent French, which he learned as a student attending Georgetown and then spending six months in France. The Internet loves it when he conducts interviews in the language.
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NBA star Kobe Bryant grew up in Italy, where his father was a player. He <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D_L6nVq2jspU" target="_blank" target="_blank">can still speak the language</a>.
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NBA star Kobe Bryant grew up in Italy, where his father was a player. He can still speak the language.
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Renee Zellweger's father is from Switzerland, and she knows how to speak German.
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Renee Zellweger's father is from Switzerland, and she knows how to speak German.
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Leonardo DiCaprio grew up in Los Angeles but his mother is German. He has family in Germany as well and<a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DOzZZ3r7qfsY" target="_blank" target="_blank"> is capable of a bit of Deutsch</a>.
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Leonardo DiCaprio grew up in Los Angeles but his mother is German. He has family in Germany as well and is capable of a bit of Deutsch.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt loves French culture and knows<a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D_SIZKabFLAM" target="_blank" target="_blank"> how to communicate in the language</a>.
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Joseph Gordon-Levitt loves French culture and knows how to communicate in the language.
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Though raised in London, singer Rita Ora was born in Kosovo <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DNzdR5ul5GdA" target="_blank" target="_blank">and has Albanian heritage</a>.
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Though raised in London, singer Rita Ora was born in Kosovo and has Albanian heritage.
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Jack Black has taught himself both French and Spanish. One thing that helps: <a href="index.php?page=&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.americareadsspanish.org%2Famigos-del-espanol%2Fone-by-one%2F306-jack-black-watches-spanish-movies-in-his-original-version.html" target="_blank" target="_blank">watching films in their original languages</a>.
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Jack Black has taught himself both French and Spanish. One thing that helps: watching films in their original languages.
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