Quotes About Costumes

I grew up doing a lot of theater - acting and making sets and costumes.

I always liked dressing up. I think, because I always liked performing, I always liked costumes and things like that.

I've always wanted to do a period drama - I love the costumes and the make-up.

Wreckin' Cru was a DJ crew. They used to call it that because it was the guys that came in after the party was over and broke down the equipment. We eventually made a record, and we had the costumes on and what have you. Back then, everybody had their little getups, you know, like SoulSonic Force, UTFO.

I'm taller than most actresses, so most corsets tend to be too short in the body.

Yeah, I was at the Masquerade of the Damned.

School field trips had always been a welcome escape from routine, particularly when they'd involved aquariums or grown-ups dressed in colonial costumes.

Halloween is huge in my house and we really get into the "spirits" of things.

Modern ballet costumes are very delicate, and some cannot even be washed at all. These costumes are hung up to air out and sprayed with freshener.

I think what you wear on Halloween is important. It says something about you--who you are and what you want to be. There's got to be a reason so many girls go around dressed as princesses and witches.

We have brought you lengths and lengths of crinoline and taffeta and tulle. Kimmy and I, we have made our costumes for years. We will make you such a dress. Let us make you a dress for your prince, so that we may see you married.

Every show is a mess at its first preview. No one's had enough time to rehearse in costumes, traffic patterns backstage haven't been worked out, machinery weighing thousands of pounds is being operated for the first time. And, also, it's the first time all the material you've written is before the public.

I've done a few costume dramas, and people say, 'What was it like wearing the costumes? Did they really help you with your character?,' and most of the time it doesn't make any difference. You're wearing something a bit weird, and it's sort of uncomfortable, but it doesn't really have a huge impact on the part that you're playing.

I think Comic Con pushes you to have a little more fun and be playful. Everyone else is dressed in cosplay... it would feel weird to wear something boring when you're standing next to a Khaleesi!

I can't remember any of the films I've done. You go from one to another, and they all blend in to a big mass. You remember the costumes because you remember how you felt - that Western I did with Kevin Costner where I wore the big hat and the two guns, I remember that.

I've always preferred drag roles, because typically I get better costumes and I've always felt more connected with the female characters in my favorite shows than most of the male characters.

Professional dancers are known for their barely-there costumes.

I would've been a really good costume designer because, basically, my clothes were like costumes, and I wanted to be a dancer, so there's all of that tulle and color.

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

I love designing costumes that I can actually construct, working to create an environment that people want to be in.

The script determines the costumes. At least that is how I like to work.

According to tarot historian Gertrude Moakley, the cards' fanciful images - from the Fool to Death - were inspired by the costumed figures who participated in carnival parades.

My mom teaches sixth grade and also taught first grade at one point. She's into dressing up and costumes and designing her own curriculum that way. She stayed home for about eight years with me and my sister when we were young before going back to teaching, so we had a lot of time with her. She taught us to read really early.

Halloween was confusing. All my life my parents said, "Never take candy from strangers." And then they dressed me up and said, "Go beg for it." I didn't know what to do! I'd knock on people's doors and go, "Trick or treat." "No thank you."