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Costume Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

My favorite artists from comics were early ones like Jack Kirby or Steve Ditko who had a real heavy ink style. Captain America, co created by Jack Kirby, was a favorite of mine and I sometimes use an altered version of his costume on some of my characters Picture Quote #1

When you’re wearing jeans there’s a shift in your center of gravity. A costume like this and a character like this, there’s no way to hide. If you try and play him any way sort of modern or normal, you diminish. He’s larger than life. He’s 150 percent. You’ve got to go for it all the time. It was just impossible Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I recently did a play, Athol Fugard’s ‘Coming Home’ at Long Wharf Theatre, where I played one character throughout - I sat at a table and didn’t have any costume changes. Following one character’s arc from beginning to end is a whole different mindset Picture Quote #1

I do tend to play characters that have a lot of costume and hair change. I sort of like the change of physicality thing Picture Quote #1

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You can’t have a bad time at Disney World. It’s not allowed. They have hidden electronic surveillance cameras everywhere, and if they catch you failing to laugh with childlike wonder, they lock you inside a costume representing a beloved Disney character such as Goofy and make you walk about in the Florida heat getting grabbed and leaped on by violently excited children until you have learned your lesson Picture Quote #1

Christopher Reeve so completely inhabited the character Superman when he was in that costume, and that had such a huge effect on me as a child, watching those films back in the 70s. There was so much of that character that was, for me, Superman Picture Quote #1

I do love the clothes on ‘Mad Men’ because my character has been so elegant and I would never have had access to these clothes. I think Janie Bryant is a costume designing genius. They’ll call and tell me, ‘It will only take an hour,’ and I’m like, ‘I will try on the whole truck!’ Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Clothes are interesting and they’re there to be played with. I like the idea of costume rather than fashion Picture Quote #1

Shopping is a lot of fun, but I hate trying on clothes because I think I’ve done too many costume fittings and trials. I hate trying on clothes. Shoes I love. I mean, I love shoes. Anywhere, any place, any time, you take me to a shoe store Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I grew up in a small town in Washington State, so I wasn’t really aware of costume design as a career growing up, but I loved clothes. I remember I saved all my money, and the first thing that I bought was a white blazer, which was to the horror to my parents. But I have always had a strange connection with clothing Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I love Pinterest! Pinterest is absolutely phenomenal when you’re trying to come up with a costume design Picture Quote #1

I love fashion, and I’ve always wanted to do costume design, but I’m in jeans and T-shirts most of the time Picture Quote #1

Ngila Dixon is such an incredible costume designer. She’s such a cool, stylish woman. She has such an understanding of character Picture Quote #1

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As a costume designer, I first try to figure out what the character’s economic situation is and hit the stores they’d shop Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

I think that sometimes people don’t understand that a costume that has to be worn every day and doesn’t change the whole movie becomes iconic. It’s very important because it requires a different design process, since you have to make something that people aren’t going to get tired of looking at Picture Quote #1

I design for the movie and the character as well as the person wearing the costume. I show the ideas to the actor, then do fittings for shape and technical things such as movement in the costume. Once the costume in this form is on the actor, you have a sense of their connection with it. I then take it to the next level with the final fit Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

[Jack Sparrow]’s a blast to play. I’ll be in a deep, dark depression saying goodbye to him. I’ll keep the costume and just prance around the house, entertain the kids....I mean, at a certain point, the madness must stop, but for the moment, I can’t say that he’s done Picture Quote #1

It’s not good to let any kid near a container that has a skull and crossbones on it, because there might be a skeleton costume inside and the kid could put it on and really scare you Picture Quote #1

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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. (Costume Quotes) My favorite artists from comics were early ones like Jack Kirby or Steve Ditko who had a real heavy ink style. Captain America, co created by Jack Kirby, was a favorite of mine and I sometimes use an altered version of his costume on some of my characters. (Costume Quotes) When you’re wearing jeans there’s a shift in your center of gravity. A costume like this and a character like this, there’s no way to hide. If you try and play him any way sort of modern or normal, you diminish. He’s larger than life. He’s 150 percent. You’ve got to go for it all the time. It was just impossible. (Costume Quotes) 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. (Costume Quotes) I recently did a play, Athol Fugard’s ‘Coming Home’ at Long Wharf Theatre, where I played one character throughout - I sat at a table and didn’t have any costume changes. Following one character’s arc from beginning to end is a whole different mindset. (Costume Quotes) I do tend to play characters that have a lot of costume and hair change. I sort of like the change of physicality thing. (Costume Quotes) You can’t have a bad time at Disney World. It’s not allowed. They have hidden electronic surveillance cameras everywhere, and if they catch you failing to laugh with childlike wonder, they lock you inside a costume representing a beloved Disney character such as Goofy and make you walk about in the Florida heat getting grabbed and leaped on by violently excited children until you have learned your lesson. (Costume Quotes) Christopher Reeve so completely inhabited the character Superman when he was in that costume, and that had such a huge effect on me as a child, watching those films back in the 70s. There was so much of that character that was, for me, Superman. (Costume Quotes) I do love the clothes on ‘Mad Men’ because my character has been so elegant and I would never have had access to these clothes. I think Janie Bryant is a costume designing genius. They’ll call and tell me, ‘It will only take an hour,’ and I’m like, ‘I will try on the whole truck!’ (Costume Quotes) 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. (Costume Quotes) Clothes are interesting and they’re there to be played with. I like the idea of costume rather than fashion. (Costume Quotes) Shopping is a lot of fun, but I hate trying on clothes because I think I’ve done too many costume fittings and trials. I hate trying on clothes. Shoes I love. I mean, I love shoes. Anywhere, any place, any time, you take me to a shoe store. (Costume Quotes) 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. (Costume Quotes) I grew up in a small town in Washington State, so I wasn’t really aware of costume design as a career growing up, but I loved clothes. I remember I saved all my money, and the first thing that I bought was a white blazer, which was to the horror to my parents. But I have always had a strange connection with clothing. (Costume Quotes) 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. (Costume Quotes) I love Pinterest! Pinterest is absolutely phenomenal when you’re trying to come up with a costume design. (Costume Quotes) I love fashion, and I’ve always wanted to do costume design, but I’m in jeans and T-shirts most of the time. (Costume Quotes) Ngila Dixon is such an incredible costume designer. She’s such a cool, stylish woman. She has such an understanding of character. (Costume Quotes) As a costume designer, I first try to figure out what the character’s economic situation is and hit the stores they’d shop. (Costume Quotes) 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. (Costume Quotes) 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. (Costume Quotes) 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. (Costume Quotes) 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. (Costume Quotes) 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. (Costume Quotes) 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. (Costume Quotes) I think that sometimes people don’t understand that a costume that has to be worn every day and doesn’t change the whole movie becomes iconic. It’s very important because it requires a different design process, since you have to make something that people aren’t going to get tired of looking at. (Costume Quotes) I design for the movie and the character as well as the person wearing the costume. I show the ideas to the actor, then do fittings for shape and technical things such as movement in the costume. Once the costume in this form is on the actor, you have a sense of their connection with it. I then take it to the next level with the final fit. (Costume Quotes) 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. (Costume Quotes) [Jack Sparrow]’s a blast to play. I’ll be in a deep, dark depression saying goodbye to him. I’ll keep the costume and just prance around the house, entertain the kids....I mean, at a certain point, the madness must stop, but for the moment, I can’t say that he’s done. (Costume Quotes) It’s not good to let any kid near a container that has a skull and crossbones on it, because there might be a skeleton costume inside and the kid could put it on and really scare you. (Costume Quotes)

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