Costume Quotes · Page 3

“No man is his costume; it is only what he wears to the dance.”

— Heather K. O'Hara

I'm a costume designer. My career is not in fashion, a field I'm basically unfamiliar with.

— Chris March

For me the costume is always a huge part of getting into character.

— Sam Riley

My mom always told me 'Always dress for the job you want.' So I need to find a Batman costume ASAP!

— Anonymous

I can still fit into my Battlestar Galactica costume!

— Dirk Benedict

If there's room for 30 reality shows, surely there's room for two amazing costume dramas.

— Keeley Hawes

“Finding something for a zombie costume in a wardrobe befitting Rainbow Brite isn't easy.”

— Kelley York

“An old fashioned outfit is not a costume, it's a comedy.”

— Amit Kalantri

Costume design allows you to do a different type of research and create characters, whereas in fashion, you create an image and…

— Colleen Atwood

As a child, I was always drawn to heroic characters. I decided I wanted to act when I realised that Superman and…

— Orlando Bloom

I've never thought of acting as rocket science - you put on the costume, get your hair cut, and that's it, really.

— Marc Warren

When I get a new script, I write a record of how many costume and make-up changes I have. I cross-check them…

— Gina Bellman

I think when you're playing a character in any film it's so crucial to have the costume that makes you feel like…

— Selena Gomez

Who doesn't want to come and put fangs on, and a funny mad costume, and pretend to be like a really over-the-top…

— Natasia Demetriou

I have a huge costume section in my closet - wigs, mustaches, the whole thing. Halloween's my favorite holiday, so I have…

— Clark Duke

There's a certain relief to just being the guy who puts on the costume and walks onset and gets to prance or…

— Joel Edgerton

I love people who expect me to wear great, feathery costumes- and I do it. It's like an actor getting into his…

— Elton John

Richard was in heavy, heavy costume, he could hardly sit, you know, and I turned up and they put me in two…

— Michael Gambon

I cannot draw to save my life, and I'm not a big art scholar, but I worked with many designers throughout my…

— Mikhail Baryshnikov

I can create clothes for so many different time periods. I've always tried to avoid being pigeonholed. Plus, everything I learn about…

— Colleen Atwood

I wanted to be in a costume drama. Yes, I like them. I enjoy the leap of imagination and the richer-than-modern-language they…

— Paterson Joseph

My performance outfits are very Marie Antoinette, sparkly corsets... and full skirts. And then we do another look that's '50s-inspired. Poufy skirts,…

— Ariana Grande

I feel like you can do all the research in the world, but when you start putting that costume on, put your…

— Anastasia Griffith

I once did a role which I couldn't rehearse in my street clothes, I had to have the character's costume on before…

— Tom Wilkinson

Looking for a snow white costume. Mamma gave me pale skin for something.

— Carly Rae Jepsen

“Offer people a new creed with a costume and their hearts and minds will follow.”

— Neil Gaiman

Ultimately, we're actors: I'm putting on a costume, so we're playing pretend.

— Jonathan Groff

I'm thinking about entering a Marilyn Manson costume contest to see if I lose.

— Marilyn Manson

To sum up my idea of on-ice costume fashion sense, it's probably that too much is never enough.

— Johnny Weir

I love dressing up for events; to me it's almost like wearing a costume for the evening.

— Tamsin Egerton

Nothings makes a woman look older that a rich costume.

— Coco Chanel

Here is a very inexpensive costume idea. Wear a re-elect Obama button and go out as a journalist.

— Jay Leno

You cannot climb the ladder of success dressed in the costume of failure.

— Zig Ziglar

I don't think that I could fit into the costume anymore.

— Lee Meriwether

“Rule #47 of living with a superhero. Don't mess with her costume.”

— Bethany Frenette

There's a fine line between Coogan and Partridge when he's in costume.

— Tim Key

I have never been in, nor have I had any strong particular desire to be in, what is termed a costume drama,…

— Martin Freeman

There's nothing more fun than putting on an old costume and jewelry and being in a house that's decorated from the '20s…

— Mariana Klaveno

Halloween is not only about putting on a costume, but it's about finding the imagination and costume within ourselves.

— Elvis Duran

Fashion offers no greater challenge than finding what works for night without looking like you are wearing a costume.

— Vera Wang