Cinema was haywire in the 1980s. It was a funny period in…

I've dabbled in period films in my career, and I've enjoyed each one.

— Luke Evans

When you see period films, it tends to often be with older actors.

— Gaspard Ulliel

It's important that period films aren't seen as just a lovely visual exercise.

— Kate Winslet

Becoming that guy who does one thing is not very interesting. I'm lucky and proud to have been involved in period films and action…

— Rupert Friend

I find more interesting roles for women in period pieces. I do personally like watching period films; I think you can really get lost…

— Keira Knightley

Period films to me are very often alienating to the audience. There's very often a formality. A staunchy quality to them that comes from…

— Christopher Nolan

In '13 Assassins' the biggest challenge was that action period films, for budget reasons and because of the age of the actors involved, are…

— Takashi Miike

It was always something I knew I was capable of and from an early age my mother was involved in the film industry. She…

— Karl Urban

And I had never thought I'd get to work with a Sanjay Leela Bhansali. He is the master of period films. He makes everything…

— Anupriya Goenka

As far as the type of movies I am offered is concerned, it's a mix. I have been offered both period films and the…

— Pooja Hegde

I hate period films - and there are plenty of them - where they say, "Let's not do contemporary language because the audience won't…

— Mike Leigh

Only directors like Sanjay Leela Bhansali, who make period films, have songs in their movies that facilitate the inclusion of classical dance forms. No…

— Remo D'Souza

I actually enjoy wearing the corsets required in some period films.

— Dinah Sheridan

There were certain things that I watched, and I screened a series of period films as well, not because I wanted to copy those,…

— Neil LaBute

I love the pigeons. I just raise them, period, and feed them. Pigeons go away, and they always come back. You get a touch…

— George Foreman