I find more interesting roles for women in period pieces…

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

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

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

— Karan Kapoor

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

— Luke Evans

It's also a question of finding good material and interesting roles. I'm not the only actress out there, and good parts just don't fall…

— Winona Ryder