I guess I've always been really attracted to period pieces…

But in those days - in the mid-'50s, early '60s - there was less than 300 radio stations that were playing country music and…

— Mel Tillis

My introduction to photography and a lot of how I developed aesthetically was through '50s and early-'60s fashion magazines like Harper's Bazaar and Vogue.

— Patti Smith

I feel that we are currently living in a world that is similar to late '50s, early '60s kind of world.

— Ben Gibbard

I love watching the romantic comedies of the late '50s and early '60s. I used to have a rule that if Tony Randall's in…

— Whit Stillman

We take a lot of inspiration from punk rock and early rock 'n' roll from the '50s and early '60s.

— Ezra Furman

Well, probably the best way to put it might be that at some time, not just in an instant, but over some period of…

— William Eggleston

An era that I specifically like is sort of late '50s, early '60s. I guess mid '50s, too. I like these types of films…

— Alden Ehrenreich

In the 50s and early 60s, community was incredibly important to people.

— Rita Tushingham

Period pieces hold up a mirror to the world that we live in.

— Rachel Brosnahan

I actually love doing period pieces, purely because it takes you into a different world, mentally. The clothes you have to wear are so…

— Tamsin Egerton

I'm something of a history buff. It's deliberate that a lot of my films have been period pieces.

— Cary Elwes

I'm a big fan of period pieces, and I'm a big fan of the old-time westerns.

— Giancarlo Esposito

Every period piece is made in the context of the moment, always equally trying to capture something about now through then. But as an…

— Fred Hechinger

In Australia I was seen as somebody who did only very modern, contemporary stuff. Then as soon as I went overseas I did two…

— Frances O'Connor

I love that period, between the '20s and the '60s. I love doing period pieces, and those eras are my favorite period in time,…

— Laz Alonso