Elizabeth Debicki Quotes

My greatest pleasure is still flying private. I spend between $300,000 to $500,000, depending on my year, on flying private.

I love Spanish cities, particularly Barcelona, Madrid and Palma, which has the most amazing cathedral that I once went to for a wedding.

I'm very, very Spanish. I have fat cheeks on both ends. I'm sitting on my Spanish part. And it's my heart, the way I am, the way I speak. It has nothing to do with the way I look.

We used to have our own plane with the band's name on the side. It was a dream come true. You drive to a local airport. There's none of this checking in stuff; you just get on the plane.

For many years I enjoyed the pleasure of cruising on my yacht all summer long and these were my best holidays. In mid-May, we'd start in St Tropez. I'd collect my bikinis from my home there and then we'd go up to Cannes for the Film Festival, on to Monte Carlo for the Grand Prix and then to Italy.

I wanted to live the life my characters were living, so I rented a yacht and sailed from Naples to Capri before taking a helicopter back. Got to write the whole thing off as research on my taxes.

Capri on the Amalfi Coast in Italy is my ultimate holiday destination.

To this day the Arab influence is evident in southern Italy, northern Africa and, above all, in Spain.

A private railroad car is not an acquired taste. One takes to it immediately.

In Spain, the dead are more alive than the dead of any other country in the world.

Being a native of Spain, the country to which I owe much of my education and cultural background, I was deeply influenced by my great predecessor Santiago Ramon y Cajal.

The truth about the Costa del Sol is that what endures, what is worthwhile, is what is Spanish.

For years I have been going to the South of France to cool out.

I love Parisian hotels. I usually stay in either Le Bristol, which is gorgeous, or Hotel Paris Rivoli, which is very French and feels like a step back in time. I also love the luxury of Waldorf Astoria hotels.

Barcelona is one of the best cities in the world. I love it there. I love Big Sur. It's stunning and you get a therapeutic experience there. The drive up the coast is one of the most beautiful I've ever done. Also, Hong Kong. I could easily live there!

I once worked as a tour guide in the Costa del Sol of Spain.

My father was born and raised in Havana, Cuba. His family is from Spain. My father never taught me how to speak Spanish when I was little. That's very disappointing to me. I'm still planning on learning it on my own. I really want to travel to Spain and immerse myself in the culture and learn it on my own.

Spain today, rather than a nation, is a cloud of dust remaining after a great people have galloped down the highway of history.

The Spanish people are a glorious people, something is happening in Spain which may mean much to the rest of the world.

I was at a great club at Barcelona. I loved Barcelona.

I was in Madrid as a young girl and a teenager. I'll never forget when I went to the Prado Museum for the first time and saw the paintings of Goya. They had such a big impact on me.

As a teenager, I went to Bali a lot, but it's a long, long way from England. Which is why, when we bought Necker Island, we made it like a mini Bali.

I have a place that I get to go to in the Bahamas. It's the only place that guarantees total anonymity and freedom.

I always prefer to save up and have a four- or five-star holiday rather than take lots of little breaks where the standards aren't so high.

I travel with Club Glove.