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One of my favourite things to think about is, if you could be invisible and go back in time, where would you go? I've always said ancient Egypt. I would love to see them building the pyramids, and I've always had a real fascination with medieval time and monarchy in medieval times.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Love, Invisible, About, Monarchy

I did flirt with the idea of going to law school, but not for long. Maybe I'll play a lawyer one day - the beauty of acting is that you can try on so many different roles without having to commit to them in real life.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Beauty, Play, Maybe, Different Roles

People ask me what it's like to be tall, and I don't know what to say because I don't know any different. I grew up in a very tall house, so I wasn't an anomaly there.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Say, Like, Very, Anomaly

A dancer's life is as peripatetic and unstable as that of an actor's. You're freelancing yourself all the time, and a dancer's lifespan is even shorter than an actor's: once they turn 30 or 35, they have to stop.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Life, Turn, Dancer, Unstable

Sometimes I have a nervous breakdown over my suitcase - over socks - because your brain just goes, 'I just can't pack again. I can't.' You're looking at your suitcase going, 'I'm in five countries in two weeks, and it's four different seasons.' That's when my brain melts.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Sometimes, Breakdown, Weeks, Suitcase

On a film set, everything's done for you. You get to a stage where you can't even remember the last time you made yourself a sandwich. The crazy thing is that, as actors, we're trying to portray the human condition, but we're often not living in reality.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Remember, Human Condition, Film Set

I have always been a fan of Alex Perry's work. His gowns are so beautiful, elegant, and always uniquely crafted to the woman wearing them on the red carpet. They are a true piece of art-meets-couture.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Woman, Always, Been, Alex

I'm a gypsy at heart. I have a little triangle where I tend to go, which is between Sydney, Los Angeles, and London, and I'm happy with that at the moment.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Gypsy, Which, Angeles, Triangle

I think there's something beautifully old fashioned about waiting all week then sitting down and watching something on television together. I'm generation box set, accustomed to binging on multiple episodes at a time, which is fun but quite a solitary pursuit because you do it alone.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Waiting, Week, I Think, Episodes

I have to say that filming 'The Night Manager' was not just amazing but also very daunting at first. I used to describe myself as the token plebeian surrounded by all your national treasures. All that glittering talent in one place; I knew Hugh from Fry and Laurie videos that my grandpa used to watch, and Tom Hollander's 'Rev' is hilarious.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Hilarious, Surrounded, Very, Daunting

It even sounds stupid to hear myself say the first costume designer I worked with was Catherine Martin, and she won an Oscar for it, but that was just my very lucky draw of roll of the dice.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Stupid, Lucky, Oscar, Costume

I didn't really know what to expect. I had been told about the scale of Cannes, but nothing could have prepared me for just how many people would turn out for our photo calls or for the opening ceremony.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Prepared, Been, About, Ceremony

Every time I see a good play or watch a good movie, I have the same feeling I had as a child of wanting to be that person on stage or wanting to run through the forest with a big dress on.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Play, Big, Through, Every Time

I think that if you're lucky enough to work with a stylist who pulls a rack from the beginning that you love everything on it, that's a blessing.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Love, Think, Lucky, Blessing

On a red carpet, you really want to feel your best, so to work with a designer who will shape a dress to your figure and take into consideration your opinions is really a blessing.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Dress, Shape, Figure, Blessing

That world of spies and espionage, there's a coldness to it. That's what makes those worlds fascinating - and what makes le Carre's work so interesting.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Work, Worlds, Espionage, Spies

You think there's a rule book, in a way, until you realize there's absolutely no rule book, and you can use a red carpet to express something about yourself. There are so many wonderful designers in the world, and they create such wonderful things. Why go with something uninteresting?

- Elizabeth Debicki

Book, Use, About, Uninteresting

I am very tall, and when you're a teenager, you want to be like everyone else. I used to slump a lot; it's very human at that stage to want to be part of the crowd and not want any part of you that is sticking out.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Like, Very, Everyone Else, Teenager

As a child, I got bored with my surroundings, so I would be another person for a little while.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Surroundings, Another, While, Bored

I was very new to working in front of the camera when I started shooting 'Gatsby', so I set myself the mission of gleaning as much information as possible out of the much more experienced actors. The cast was astoundingly talented.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Shooting, Out, Very, Camera

I don't think it's healthy to buy into hype in any form, whether it's positive or negative. You have to exist in yourself and just move on with life.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Think, Move, Buy, Hype

I have a sense of Europe also being like home. I mean, Australia is my home, and my heart is there, but I suppose I've always felt close to Europe, given we had family there, and we would visit.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Always, Like, Given, Visit

I loved Catherine Deneuve, Sophia Loren, and Ursula Andress. They had an incredible strength but fragility at the same time, especially Catherine Deneuve, who had an aloofness that impressed me.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Strength, Sophia, Impressed, Fragility

A good night in is a series of documentaries.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Good Night, Night, Series, Documentaries

Often, female characters are quite one dimensional, especially in a two hour film; television gives characters room to breathe and develop.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Television, Film, Often, Breathe

I'm not a great sleeper. I try and do too many things every day. I think that I get very obsessive about parts and projects. I do let them kind of consume me, and when there's something on the horizon that I want to be involved in, I just kind of hurtle myself towards it.

- Elizabeth Debicki

I Think, Very, Projects, Sleeper

Red carpets are awful. They're like a kind of purgatory - you stand there, and there are cameras flashing everywhere. One of my first red carpets was in Cannes for 'The Great Gatsby,' and I'd never seen anything like it.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Anything, Seen, Awful, Purgatory

It often happens that you leave your house in the dark, shoot on a sound stage without natural lighting, and then go home in the dark. A whole week can go past, and it can feel like 12 hours.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Week, Hours, Go Home, Shoot

My parents were ballet dancers, and I did a lot of ballet, too, so I think I learned quite early on how to hold my body. Although I do recall desperately wishing I was shorter at school.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Think, Dancers, I Think, Wishing

Television is the medium that's allowing women's stories to flourish.

- Elizabeth Debicki

Television, Medium, Stories, Flourish

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