'The Great Fire' is more what I'm used to - being in costume and make-up for a long time, trying to be 'period appropriate.'

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.

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.

I love period drama as much as the next person, but there's a tendency to let all of the costume get in the way of the people.

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.

It's been hard to gain acceptance in England without the clown makeup because I wore the costume as part of my act for so long.

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

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

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

My mum was a costume designer and costume supervisor in the theater and, especially, the ballet. But that was before I was born.

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

There's so many interesting aspects of making a movie: the costume department, the set design, the casting itself, the locations.

The great thing about performance capture is you can go off, and then, without changing costume, you can become another character.

I love mixing prints. The costume designer for 'Pair of Kings' and I have actually incorporated the trend for my character 'Mikayla.'

To get to wear the costume of Evel Knievel, are you kidding me? When I was a kid, I had Superman. I had Spiderman. I had Evel Knievel.

The secret to a great Halloween costume, and I can't stress this enough, is in my opinion is to extract sexuality out of your costume.

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?

I've always liked the simplicity of the Black Panther costume. I've never liked when people give him flashy capes and other adornments.

I always seemed to appreciate the production value in a show, whether it was a rotating set or a costume that has a bit that flies off it.

I like a bit quirky, a bit strange, but then at the same time, I love putting a dress on... and a pair of high heels. It's like a costume.

I love 'Splash!' and 'Take Me Out.' Not that I'd ever do 'Splash!' It's the parading on British TV in a swimming costume I couldn't handle.

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

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.

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.

We can't forbid women from going to the beach because of a costume, even if it is rightly seen as neo-fundamentalist, backward, and shocking.

I think a lot of superheroes seem to have the same value system; they just have a different costume. They're all doing exactly the same thing.

I have a huge costume section in my closet - wigs, mustaches, the whole thing. Halloween's my favorite holiday, so I have a lot of weird stuff.

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.

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.

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.

With 'Suffragette,' I was emboldened that there were so many women around me. We had a female writer, producers, production and costume designers.

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?

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.

It's a really exciting thing to collaborate with production designers, cinematographers and gaffers and costume designers and editors and composers.

The first time I ever dressed in drag was at a costume party during my childhood. I went as Wonder Woman and my mom even took me to get the costume.

My style is all I have. When I go on stage, that's me in my comfort zone. It's not a costume. It's just me. And I want every woman to feel that way.

I love the levels, the depth, that the character has. He is the only member of the Justice League who cannot take off his costume. He is Cyborg 24/7.

At all times, there's discussion about the percentage of body fat I have, how I look on the ice and about how much skin a certain costume is showing.

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.

The reason I put make-up on or wear the costume is to try and find my own style. It's like my guitar style - I'm just trying to be an original artist.

None of my costume designers have ever been nominated for an Oscar 'cause I don't do period movies that have ball scenes with a hundred extras in them.

I have been a scrappy actor for 10-plus years, and when you're playing supporting roles, your relationship with the costume designer is very different.

I was already in the industry as a costume designer and opportunities to act in films came naturally. I must have designed costumes for over 100 films.

Maggie Gyllenhaal, Chelsea Handler, Tilda Swinton, and Sofia Coppola are other clients. They're all risk takers but never look like they're in costume.

I am not indulgent. I think constructing a scene elaborately - with art, costume, and visual drama - is not indulgence. Other people should do it, too.

I've always said drag queens are like Swiss Army knives. Most come from having to take $50-a-show pay and doing their own costume, wig, music and jokes.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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