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# William Ivey Long

(1947)   Costume Designer

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William Ivey Long is a costume designer, best known for *Between taste and travesty*.

## Quick Facts About William Ivey Long

Born August 30, 1947

Profession Costume Designer

Notable works Between taste and travesty

## About William Ivey Long

William Ivey Long II is an American costume designer for stage and screen. His most notable work includes the Broadway shows The Producers, Hairspray, Nine, Crazy for You, Grey Gardens, Young Frankenstein, Cinderella, Bullets Over Broadway and On the Twentieth Century.

##  Quotes by William Ivey Long

> [At the level at which I work with people, their great talent is paired with great insecurity. Self-doubt is literally the twin…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ivey-long/at-the-level-at-which-i-work-with-people-their-great-talent-is-paired/)

[William Ivey Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ivey-long/)

[Confidence](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/confidence/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/662/william-ivey-long-72394_confidence_at-the-level-at-which-i-work-with-people_53876.jpg)

> [My mind still runs too fast. If we get the wrong fabric or something is stitched the wrong way, I get so…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ivey-long/my-mind-still-runs-too-fast-if-we-get-the-wrong-fabric-or-something/)

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[Angry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/angry/)

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> [I'm a bachelor in the old sense of the word, meaning I flirt, I have very many close relationships, but then I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ivey-long/i-m-a-bachelor-in-the-old-sense-of-the-word-meaning-i-flirt-i-have/)

[William Ivey Long](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-ivey-long/)

[Bachelor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bachelor/)

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> [The trick about the theater is at the end of the day you cannot take any of it personally.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-ivey-long/the-trick-about-the-theater-is-at-the-end-of-the-day-you-cannot-take/)

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[End of the day](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/end-of-the-day/)

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