Quotes about Costume

Costume, hair and makeup can tell you instantly, or at least give you a larger perception of who a character is. It's the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth, so it really does establish who they are. Votes: 4

Costume people are always saying they don't have clothes big enough for me. Votes: 3

No matter how many modern parts I do, people still refer to me as Mrs. Costume Drama. Votes: 3

Costume jewelry is not made to give women an aura of wealth, but to make them beautifu Votes: 3

Halloween Costume I Hate: kids dressed as their parent's poltical beliefs. Oooh! Aren't you a scary health care reform bill! Votes: 3

Costume design is so important and really helpful, and I really love that aspect of character development, just figuring it out. Votes: 3

Costume is a huge part of getting into character. Your body soaks in what you're wearing, and you turn into someone else. Votes: 3

Western Costume, and the old Universal wardrobe that is huge and they're getting rid of so much of it now, which is sad. Votes: 3

Costume design allows you to do a different type of research and create characters, whereas in fashion, you create an image and clothing for the masses. Votes: 3

A film is a great deal about what you see, and the silhouette of a character tells you a lot. I'd love to go into film costume. Votes: 3

The modern designers are quite showy, and a lot of the young people really like it. Costume jewelry has always been about being noticed and not discreet. Votes: 3

No matter how many modern parts I do, people still refer to me as Mrs. Costume Drama. Fight Club is a studio pic, and I've done very few of those. I've got a feeling it's going to change things for me. Votes: 3

I graduated from Academy of Fashion and Costume Design in Rome. At first, I thought I was going to be a costume designer for films, and then I ended up working in fashion - not as a designer, but mostly as a model. Votes: 3

Somewhere along the line, a concert became a variety show. It was no longer enough for four dudes to play together in front of some guitar amps. Costume changes, an army of dancers, and Broadway theatrics suddenly became standard for a 'concert.' Votes: 3

And costume is so important for an actor. It absolutely helps to get into character; it's the closest thing to you, it touches you. Some actors like to go into make-up and then put their clothes on, but I like to dress first; that's my routine. Votes: 3

You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure. Votes: 2

The kinds of things I like with crystals are the really beautiful costume jewelry, vintage pieces, and they usually have that diamond shape. Votes: 2

The great thing about costume jewelry is that there's something for everyone - there are very humorous pieces and very extravagant and outrageous pieces. Votes: 2

I am, in fact, Superman. Every morning I wake up and go into a telephone booth and change my costume, and then go to work. Votes: 2

When I jumped off a roof in Cannes in a bee costume, I looked ridiculous. But this is my business; I have to humiliate myself. Votes: 2

If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up? Votes: 2

I've always been misrepresented. You know, I could dress in a clown costume and laugh with the happy people but they'd still say I'm a dark personality. Votes: 2

Every day each of us wakes up, reaches into drawers and closets, pulls out a costume for the day and proceeds to dress in a style that can only be called preposterous. Votes: 2

They said they wanted a lot of feathers, glitter, colourful colours. A costume. So I had a lady here in Calgary make it. She just kind of put together what I had in mind. Votes: 2

I thank you for your kind invitation to introduce me to the president of the Republic. Since I have not been out of my atelier for two months, I have no appropriate costume for this circumstance. Please excuse me. Votes: 2

I always have a moment when I know I'm designing the last costume that gets made for a movie, and it's always been floating up there, but it's kind of the last one. That's always probably the hardest one for me. Votes: 2

At one point, I worked up a list of five requirements for a superhero: superpowers, a costume, a code name, a mission, and a milieu. If the character had three out of the five, they were a superhero. But that's just my definition. Votes: 2

My wife Juliana and I first saw Eurovision while on our honeymoon in Greece in 2006, and we were amazed by it. They basically recreate a music video onstage, and pyro cannons, LED video screens, background dancers, fireworks, costume changes, and wind machines are their tools. Votes: 2

What a costume designer does is a cross between magic and camouflage. We create the illusion of changing the actors into what they are not. We ask the public to believe that every time they see a performer on the screen, he's become a different person. Votes: 2

As a rule, I try to avoid the French Quarter because of the crowds, especially Bourbon Street. But hey, some people love it. A great, wild, adult thing to see is the costume competition in front of the bar Oz on Bourbon early morning on Fat Tuesday. Votes: 2

Superman is the hardest character to draw. There are a couple of things that make him difficult. He's got a very simple costume and doesn't have the long cape like Batman. He's not a character that is necessarily always in shadow, and he doesn't have a mask. Votes: 2

I don't know if I could do this with the same energy, and in the same way - all the costume changes and glitter and hair and makeup - all the time. When I'm in my 50s, I kind of think I'll want to be in a garden. Votes: 2

Costume designers don't care about trends. They appreciate, above so many other qualities, that tailoring is everything, which is a mantra for the way I dress. Ladies: The most important thing in clothing is to find a good, inexpensive tailor, because clothes at the stores are made for bodies that are anomalies. Votes: 2

Three children have become adults since a phone call with Jo Rowling, containing one small clue, persuaded me that there was more to Snape than an unchanging costume, and that even though only three of the books were out at that time, she held the entire massive but delicate narrative in the surest of hands. Votes: 2

At school, there was an annual school disco and I'd be standing in my bedroom wondering what to wear for hours on end. Eventually I'd arrive at a decision that was just the most ridiculous costume you could have ever devised - I think it was probably knitted Christmas jumpers on top of buttoned-up white shirts. Votes: 2

We were a family that made our Halloween costumes. Or, more accurately, my mother made them. She took no suggestions or advice. Halloween costumes were her territory. She was the brain behind my brother's winning girl costume, stuffing her own bra with newspapers for him to wear under a cashmere sweater and smearing red lipstick on his lips. Votes: 2

Just as people can watch spellbound a circus artist tumbling through the air in a phosphorized costume, so they can listen to a preacher who uses the Word of God to draw attention to himself. But a sensational preacher stimulates the senses and leaves the spirit untouched. Instead of being the way to God, his 'being different' gets in the way. Votes: 2

I think 'Heroes of Cosplay' will show a lot of the positive things, like how much effort it takes to make a costume. These people on the show aren't taking shortcuts. As long as that effort gets through to the viewers, we will be inspirational. Then there will be people who watch the show that want to get in and hands-on make outfits. Votes: 2

Get my swan costume ready. Votes: 0

I think I've revived the costume-jewelry industry. Votes: 0

Diplomacy is the police in grand costume. Votes: 0

Nudity is the costume of lovers and corpses. Votes: 0

My girlfriend's a costume designer in the theater. Votes: 0

A good style fits like a good costume. Votes: 0

You look like a horse in a man costume Votes: 0

I can still fit into my Battlestar Galactica costume! Votes: 0

I had a lot of fun with my costume designer. Votes: 0

I had to dance in a Tweety Bird costume once. Votes: 0

Nothings makes a woman look older that a rich costume. Votes: 0

When youre young, the blue blazer feels like a grown-up costume. Votes: 0

When you're young, the blue blazer feels like a grown-up costume. Votes: 0

I don't think that I could fit into the costume anymore. Votes: 0

The costume of women should be suited to her wants and needs. Votes: 0

Steampunk is...the love child of Hot Topic and a BBC costume drama Votes: 0

So, did the costume come with a condom, or is that sold separately? Votes: 0

For me the costume is always a huge part of getting into character. Votes: 0

When all else fails, put on a costume and sing a silly song. Votes: 0

They weren't really weddings, just long costume parties. (on three of her weddings) Votes: 0

This is my costume. I'm a homicidal maniac. They look just like everyone else. Votes: 0

KILT, n. A costume sometimes worn by Scotchmen in America and Americans in Scotland. Votes: 0

I think color, for a costume designer, is one of your biggest storytelling devices. Votes: 0

I picked out my Halloween costume. I’m going as 'Slutty Madeleine Albright.' Votes: 0

I've always wanted to be Wonder Woman, of course. She had the greatest costume. Votes: 0

Satan himself can't save a woman who wears thirty-shilling corsets under a thirty-guinea costume. Votes: 0

I'm thinking about entering a Marilyn Manson costume contest to see if I lose. Votes: 0

I have worked with some of the most amazing costume designers in the world. Votes: 0

He giggled like a puppy being tickled by a kitten wearing a duckling costume. Votes: 0

Normally, you have to wait for the costume department to help you out of costume. Votes: 0

If you have a funny costume, you can't really wear it when you get older. Votes: 0

The arts and inventions of each period are only its costume, and do not invigorate men. Votes: 0

There's no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume. Votes: 0

As a costume designer, it's important to give each person his or her own personalized look. Votes: 0

I definitely feel, when I'm wearing the costume, that I could scare people and hurt them. Votes: 0

I'm able to hang up the character with the costume at the end of the movie. Votes: 0

As soon as I see period costume, I turn off. It's like hearing drama on Radio 4. Votes: 0

Im able to hang up the character with the costume at the end of the movie. Votes: 0

I went to America to get away from constantly being cast in costume dramas, playing posh people. Votes: 0

The threats against democracy today are in general completely normal. They walk around in costume and tie. Votes: 0

I love Pinterest! Pinterest is absolutely phenomenal when you're trying to come up with a costume design. Votes: 0

In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language - as you say, sort of mime-type skills." Votes: 0

Once you embody the language, the character comes really naturally, especially when you put the costume on. Votes: 0

In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language - as you say, sort of mime-type skills. Votes: 0

I am very sorry if I have caused any offence. It was a poor choice of costume. Votes: 0

And that's when I realized, when you're a kid you don't need a costume, you ARE superman. Votes: 0

Once you embody the language, the character comes really naturally, especially when you put the costume on." Votes: 0

I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening. Votes: 0

I knew I would grow up and wear a costume one day, and that's exactly what happened. Votes: 0

We have a costume closet at home. My family will put on a costume for any excuse. Votes: 0

I love costumes. My dream growing up was always to have my own costume and prop shop. Votes: 0

Actually I have a tradition that I always steal my last costume on the last day of filming. Votes: 0

To sum up my idea of on-ice costume fashion sense, it's probably that too much is never enough. Votes: 0

I've done approximately 15 films, and most of the things I've done have either been stunt or costume work. Votes: 0

And I guess I have a face and a look that sort of lends itself to period costume! Votes: 0

Everything is for sale in Hollywood; the fairy tale, the costume, the pumpkin, the footman and the mice. Votes: 0

Here is a very inexpensive costume idea. Wear a re-elect Obama button and go out as a journalist. Votes: 0

Clothes are interesting and they're there to be played with. I like the idea of costume rather than fashion. Votes: 0

All my siblings became artists. One's a novelist, my brother is a painter, my sister was a costume designer. Votes: 0

Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume. Votes: 0

Don't kid yourself; the guy who's onstage in ripped-up jeans is wearing as much a costume as I am. Votes: 0

I don't gravitate toward any one designer because I think of fashion as the costume of the everyday woman. Votes: 0

On the side of box of my superman costume it actually said - 'Do not attempt to fly!' Votes: 0

I don't believe in fashion. I believe in costume. Life is too short to be same person every day. Votes: 0

I just love doing costume dramas; I am very lucky, as I see myself as a part-time time traveller. Votes: 0

I will confess I did none of my own singing. I did all my own costume and makeup, though. Votes: 0

I like a house party and fancy dress, a big fan of fancy dress, like dress up, costume parties. Votes: 0

It is a process of finding the right music then planning a costume to fit that style of music. Votes: 0

I'd love to do a costume drama movie. For no other reason, except that it sounds fun to me. Votes: 0

I put the costume on and said 'It's not very comfortable, but it looks amazing,' so it's all good. Votes: 0

Sleep takes off the costume of circumstance, arms us with terrible freedom, so that every will rushes to a deed. Votes: 0

Mythological subjects always new. Modern subjects difficult because of the absence of the nude and the wretchedness of modern costume. Votes: 0

I see my face in the mirror and go, 'I'm a Halloween costume? That's what they think of me?' Votes: 0

When I create a sports costume, I remember that it must not look - how do you say? - bedraggled. Votes: 0

No, officer, I have no idea why I'm wearing this possum costume. I called you what? OH. My bad." -Nastasya Votes: 0

I had nothing and I was still changed. Like a costume, my numbness was taken away. Then hunger was added. Votes: 0

I love fashion, and I've always wanted to do costume design, but I'm in jeans and T-shirts most of the time. Votes: 0

The costume affects your posture, affects your walk, how you hold yourself, and how you breathe. The costumes make you deliver. Votes: 0

I'd love to go to fashion week! I'm learning more about designers, thanks to 'Pretty Little Liars' costume designer, Mandi Line. Votes: 0

Ngila Dixon is such an incredible costume designer. She's such a cool, stylish woman. She has such an understanding of character. Votes: 0

I'd love to go to fashion week! I'm learning more about designers, thanks to 'Pretty Little Liars'' costume designer, Mandi Line. Votes: 0

As a costume designer, I first try to figure out what the character's economic situation is and hit the stores they'd shop. Votes: 0

I want to create things while I have time on Earth, and the art of costume and culture has always inspired me. Votes: 0

I've never thought of acting as rocket science - you put on the costume, get your hair cut, and that's it, really. Votes: 0

I made a tin man costume with tin foil and furnace parts because I thought it would help me be more heartless. Votes: 0

During my school days, I was doing a play, and my costume fell on the stage. I really wish it didn't happen. Votes: 0

Acting seems much easier than singing, in fact, because you are putting on a costume - whereas here you are taking everything off. Votes: 0

Glamor is just sex that got civilized. A pretty girl, tastefully posed in a scant costume, is even a sort of cultural achievement. Votes: 0

I haven't put on a baseball uniform since about age 12. It's like I'm wearing a Halloween costume. I'm pretending to be a ballplayer. Votes: 0

My favorite [costume in collection] is the white dress Marilyn Monroe wore in the subway breeze scene in 'The Seven Year Itch.' Votes: 0

I love fashion as an art; I love fashion as costume, as a character. I don't like dictates and the phoniness of appearance. Votes: 0

I hate bananas. I just hate them. But I also think a banana suit is the funniest fruit costume a person can wear. Votes: 0

I'm a big comic book nerd so every time I'm in costume and see everyone in costume I'm just like "This is sick." Votes: 0

I like to think that at the end of a show, you can just take your costume off and go to the pub. Votes: 0

History, we know, is apt to repeat itself, and to foist very old incidents upon us with only a slight change of costume. Votes: 0

I'm very good at living out of a suitcase. I love dressing up every morning. It feels like a costume, in some ways. Votes: 0

The costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life." Votes: 0

the costume of the nineteenth century is detestable. It is so sombre, so depressing. Sin is the only real colour-element left in modern life. Votes: 0

I do tend to play characters that have a lot of costume and hair change. I sort of like the change of physicality thing. Votes: 0

I saw two lizards kissing yesterday, but I scared them off. Maybe I should have taken off my bird costume before peeping on them. Votes: 0

I think of clothes a lot like costumes. I think of what I wear in real life as being my real life character's costume. Votes: 0

I enjoyed studying costume, learning about the corsetry and the historical context of fashion. I never had any real intention of being a costume designer. Votes: 0

I'm a pain in the ass to all of the costume designers with whom I work because I have very strong feelings about the subject. Votes: 0

The skeptics said you can't put on a costume in the middle of New York - which isn't true, because everyone's in a costume here. Votes: 0

There's going to be a Halloween costume [of lavash from Sausage Party]. The whole thing is just so ridiculous. It's nice. It's silly, and it's surreal. Votes: 0

A perfume is like a piece of clothing, a message, a way of presenting oneself a costume that differs according to the woman who wears it. Votes: 0

If I had the power, I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period, with the possible exception of The Creation. Votes: 0

I've never worn costume jewelry in my life. It's really very self-defeating. Why should a man buy a woman real jewelry when she wears false pieces? Votes: 0

One thing about costume design - and I think design in general - but especially costume design, is people have a misconception that it's very glamorous work. Votes: 0

White is too brilliant to be seen, so yellow is its filter, its costume, revealing that pure light has not only brightness but emotional resonance and depth. Votes: 0

The historical side of fashion was very attractive to me when I was a teenager in Moscow, working for the costume departments in various Russian theater companies. Votes: 0

In a life where waking hours are draped in the costume of horrid nightmare, where reality has suddenly become questionable, it's easy to be scared by dreams. Votes: 0

Lenin in a top hat and frock coat would be a far greater anomaly than the Grand Lama of Thibet or a Zulu chief in that costume. Votes: 0

It's often said that costume designers are a faceless group of people. But we can contribute to fashion in a way that might be new and different. Votes: 0

I wish I dared dispense with all costume. Naked children are so perfectly pure and lovely; but Mrs. Grundy would be furious - it would never do. Votes: 0

The thing that's great about being a costume designer is you never know what's going to be next; you never what world you are going to enter. Votes: 0

Couture has copied my things for years, in addition to countless other costume designers, claiming theirs were the original ideas. It's all part of the business, unfortunately. Votes: 0

A friend of mine was asked to a costume ball a short time ago. He slapped some egg on his face and went as a liberal economist. Votes: 0

With Halloween coming this weekend, they say not one person in the country is planning to dress up as Governor Sarah Palin. You know why? ... The costume costs $150,000. Votes: 0

My fancy dress costume of choice is... something 1920s or 30s, when there was still so much elegance and attention to detail. An excuse for ultimate dressing-up indulgence. Votes: 0

It helps with your acting when you're not in a perfect costume, perfect wardrobe, a perfectly seamed blouse, perfectly ironed hair, and perfectly done eyeshadow. It's really liberating. Votes: 0

We needed to have a great set decorator, a great D.P., a great costume designer, everybody. Without all these people, we would have made a shitty movie. Votes: 0

I network like a salmon in a bear costume. Why swim upstream when the honeybee has all the flowers? Is anything more romantic than roses on a grave? Votes: 0

I love De la Renta. I love CoSTUME National; I think they're just incredible. And I love Marc Jacobs, too - they're also great, just a great brand. Votes: 0

In some ways, Halloween is much easier for women. They can just dress as sluts, and it's kind of a costume, if they never do any other time. Votes: 0

People look at me, they know I've appeared in costume dramas and they automatically assume I must be a Tory, I must be a certain type of person. Votes: 0

There's nothing more fun than putting on an old costume and jewelry and being in a house that's decorated from the '20s or '30s or whatever. Votes: 0

I knew 'Be Our Guest' would be performed on a set and in costume, but anyone with a history in Theatre In Education will know that can mean anything. Votes: 0

Women: You can't live with them, and you can't get them to dress up in a skimpy little Nazi costume and beat you with a warm squash or something. Votes: 0

I've turned up to costume parties in the wrong costume. I've made social faux pas a plenty. I've put one foot in front of the other and fallen over. Votes: 0

Nice costume," he said. "Ditto. I can tell you put a lot of thought into yours." Amusement curled his mouth. "If you don't like it, I can take it off. Votes: 0

I was Pac-Man. It was the worst costume ever. You would expect a big round suit, but it was just a mask and a smock with a maze on it. Votes: 0

I firmly believe lyrics have to breathe and give the audience's ear a chance to understand what's going on. Particularly in the theater, where you have costume, story, acting, orchestra. Votes: 0

It was amazing that during rehearsals, without any of the costume on, the character was there complete. It just happened. Half the time, I didn't know I was doing it. Votes: 0

Shigure Sohma: [got Tohru a maid costume for White Day] I can't wait to for her to call me master while wearing this. Hatsuharu Sohma: Just don't get arrested, okay? Votes: 0

I felt like, in the recent past, people have been apologizing for Superman, a little bit, for his costume, for his origins, and for the way he fits into society. Votes: 0

When you put your costume on and you get your hair and your makeup done [for a role] and you stare in the mirror you feel like a different person. Votes: 0

It reminds me of how grandmother always had the right costume for me to wear. You wear the right outfit and you feel like the person you're pretending to be. Votes: 0

My son wants to be Batman and he wants the Batman costume that comes in the mail. It has fake muscles in it, which is very disconcerting on a four-year-old. Votes: 0

I've done a lot of costume drama and theatre - the National Theatre and In fact, most of my work at the theatre, at the National Theatre anyway, was period. Votes: 0

I dressed up as a veterinarian for a Halloween costume party. I had the lab coat. I got a couple of stuffed animals for patients and put bandages on them. Votes: 0

When you do a movie, you go to the location and get into your costume. It's part of your metamorphosis into your character, and it just made sense to do it. Votes: 0

My first acting experience was a non-speaking role as a robot. My costume was a cardboard box covered in tinfoil, but I was so shy I refused to go on stage. Votes: 0

In real life I'm obviously a lot more shy, but once I'm on set and in costume and I'm hidden behind the person I'm playing I feel quite free to experiment. Votes: 0

I would love to play the Femme Fatale or an action role like Trinity in the Matrix or something like that. You know, a part with a lot of costume changes. Votes: 0

I was obsessed with being popular in high school and never achieved it. There's photos from our high school musicals, and I'm comically in the deep background, wearing a beggar's costume. Votes: 0

When I go out and I'm presenting the best side of myself, I want to look different from everyone, but I don't want it to look like I'm wearing a costume. Votes: 0

It can be a fascinating game, noticing how any person with vitality and vigor will have a little splash of red in a costume, in a room, or in a garden... Votes: 0

I don't know if I would ever have costume changes - usually I just end up taking off my shoes, I get so sweaty, and... I just need to be comfortable. Votes: 0

Any time you talk about the look of the film, it's not just the director and the director of photography. You have to include the costume designer and the production designer. Votes: 0

They take the paper and they read the headlines. So they've heard of unemployment and they've heard of bread-lines. And they philanthropically cure them all by getting up a costume charity ball. Votes: 0

Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special. Votes: 0

Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special. Votes: 0

There was a lot of playing by myself, wearing last year's Halloween costume and wandering around the yard talking to myself - which may account for my fondness for doing different voices. Votes: 0

We have to do a film parody for Comic Relief. We can't decide which film to parody at the moment. Any ideas welcome, but not Spiderman owing to costume being too tight. Votes: 0

I need a costume to be convinced that I'm somebody else. Otherwise, it's just me. It's just Amy saying lines. I haven't really become somebody else. And what's the fun in that? Votes: 0

One thing I learned is that it's never OK to walk through a cemetery dressed as a mummy - even if that was a shortcut on the way to the costume party. Votes: 0

There's a certain relief to just being the guy who puts on the costume and walks onset and gets to prance or stomp around in a Ridley Scott or Baz Luhrmann movie. Votes: 0

People always seem to assume that we have a full, back-up support team - make-up, costume and a driver - but usually, in a war zone, there's only me and the cameraman. Votes: 0

As a child, I was always drawn to heroic characters. I decided I wanted to act when I realised that Superman and all those gangsters and Indians were just real people in costume. Votes: 0

I have been interested in fashion since I was a kid. Then I lived in London, where it was more about costume and a personal statement of who you are than about fashion. Votes: 0

My father managed shopping malls when I was a kid, and my high school job was to dress up in an elf costume and take photos of kids sitting on Santa Claus's lap. Votes: 0

It is only in the case of the Priestly Code that opinions differ widely; for it tries hard to imitate the costume of the Mosaic period, and, with whatever success, to disguise its own. Votes: 0

I like that totally mixed up kind of eclectic group of personal props and bits of costume and I think the fun of doing that is where I was very lucky with Doctor Who. Votes: 0

I believe he was feeling a bit nervous. Possibly it was my costume that took him aback. I was dressed quite well, even elegantly, and looked as if I belonged to the best society. Votes: 0

Screenwriting you don't necessarily have to do the job of the costume designer and the prop master and the set designer. It's more just about finding the visuals and finding these characters through dialogue. Votes: 0

I have never been in, nor have I had any strong particular desire to be in, what is termed a costume drama, but I keep forgetting to think of 'Charles II' as a costume drama. Votes: 0

There's something about being there, on the set, in costume, in the moment, where you start to get a feel for the scene, which is not the same as sitting in your office writing it. Votes: 0

I went to a party at the Playboy Mansion once. For a Halloween Party. And everyone wasn't in costume, or if they were they were little bunnies or something, and I went as Michael Jackson. Votes: 0

I would say probably my least favorite costume ever was in 'Van Helsing.' That was a huge pain because it had thigh-high boots with 30 buckles on them that had to be done up individually. Votes: 0

When I get a new script, I write a record of how many costume and make-up changes I have. I cross-check them against the shooting schedule and then consult with the hair and make-up designers. Votes: 0

I am interested in costume. Clothes in your daily life are important: your choices say something about you, even if what they're saying is about non-choice. And what you wear in a film is crucial. Votes: 0

My mother gave me a pair of diamond earrings when I was 13. It symbolised becoming a teenager. I also remember getting a collection of costume jewellery from my grandmother when I was in high school. Votes: 0

The goths are beautiful, a vast depth of subcultural, aesthetic and poetic ideas, and we would identify with that as we did back in 1979. But not the post modern distortion...the costume without the brain. Votes: 0

I can create clothes for so many different time periods. I've always tried to avoid being pigeonholed. Plus, everything I learn about design and costume from one movie somehow works its way into something else. Votes: 0