Elizabeth Debicki Quotes

I danced growing up. I had two friends of mine that, actually, one of them wound up dancing with Alvin Ailey.

I started dancing when I was 3 in Toledo, Ohio, and started hip-hop dancing at the age of 7.

I trained in every form of dance - started as a tap dancer when I was a kid, then contemporary, ballet, ballroom, everything. Russian, Swedish.

Both my brother and mother are actors and dancers. Of course my mom, who is a Kathak exponent, is the most established dancer amongst the three of us.

My name is not unfamiliar to anybody in the dance community. I'm talking the upper echelon of dance studios.

I had gone to the High School of the Performing Arts in New York City.

I grew up in dance studios. I was forced to be in several numbers in recitals and dance competitions. I took one tap class - literally one class - and then I quit.

I've actually tried to give Brett Ratner dance lessons, but he thinks he already knows how to.

My dad was an actor and a writer; my mum was a drama teacher. My grandma was an actress. My aunt is an actress. My granddad was a cameraman. They would've been surprised if I wanted to be a dentist or something like that.

No one in my family had ever done anything acting-wise or entertainment industry-wise.

I love going to see the theatre whether it's a Broadway play or a Russian ballet company.

I was serious about ballet for a long time, but my mom got me into tap and jazz and modern and hip-hop, and I was one of those over-lessoned children.

I'm not a trained dancer - I know, I know, you're shocked, I'm sure.

I love theatre because that is my foundation. So, if I had to make a choice in terms of where I get the most fulfillments, it would be theatre. The reaction is so immediate, unlike with TV and film.

I am thankful to whatever I have got in my life, but one thing which is always at the back of my mind is my dance academy. I would love to see my dance academy growing.

Since I was a child I've loved going to the opera, theatre and ballet.

I grew up in a community of theatre, and I always loved musicals. From a young age, the first present I ever wanted was a video camera. For me it was a great outlet to be creative.

I was really creative. I started to dance very young. I loved to dance. I begged my mother to put me into dance classes, and finally, in third grade, she did. Tap and jazz, but not ballet.

I've studied dance since I was very young, and I continue to study ballet.

My parents weren't at all in entertainment, but when I look back, something along the line prepared me and opened me up to entertainment.

My background was in performing originally.

I loved music and dance, and that was exciting to me.

My grandparents met each other in amateur theatre. My uncle is an actor.

I started dancing at the age of three in my hometown of Toledo, Ohio, and it really was my sister's dream to pursue dance professionally.

My mom was a dance teacher, so she put me in dance school when I was a kid. I did everything. I used to take ballet.