Costume Quotes

“I think if human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. Wouldn't life be more interesting that way? And now that I think about it, why the heck don't they? Who made the rule that everybody has to dress like sheep 364 days of the year? Think of all the people you'd meet if they were in costume every day. People would be so much easier to talk to - like talking to dogs. ”

“I think if human beings had genuine courage, they'd wear their costumes every day of the year, not just on Halloween. Wouldn't life be more interesting that way? And now that I think about it, why the heck don't they? Who made the rule that everybody has to dress like sheep 364 days of the year? Think of all the people you'd meet if they were in costume every day. People would be so much easier to talk to - like talking to dogs. ”

“(On period costume posture coaching:)"We all stand about like parboiled spaghetti being straightened out.”

“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.”

“I design all of the costumes for my movies, actually.”

“Costumes and scenery alone will not attract audiences.”

“There's no mystery to it. Nothing more complicated than learning lines and putting on a costume.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“He giggled like a puppy being tickled by a kitten wearing a duckling costume.”