Bits Quote by Keira Knightley

I've always wanted to do a period drama - I love the costumes and the make-up.

— Phoebe Dynevor

I'd always wanted to do costume drama, but period dramas often become very wooden. Just because they're born in the 1400s, all of a…

— Jodie Comer

I feel like when you perform in a period drama, it's so easy to transform yourself into someone else because the costumes are so…

— Jodie Comer

I just love doing costume dramas; I am very lucky, as I see myself as a part-time time traveller.

— Julia Sawalha

I love period drama as much as the next person, but there's a tendency to let all of the costume get in the way…

— Alex Lawther

When you're acting, it's a fantasy already; maybe it's the costumes - I love it. It's so fun.

— Meghan Ory

I loved doing all those costume dramas. I didn't think, 'Ooh I've got to avoid being typecast' - you can't ever be dictated to…

— Helena Bonham Carter

I've done a few costume dramas, and people say, 'What was it like wearing the costumes? Did they really help you with your character?,'…

— Romola Garai

I always love costume, and I'm always heavily involved in how things should look. Or how they should feel really, because that's part of…

— Kit Harington

I come from a little bit of a theatrical background. I started that way. I don't have a tremendous body of work or anything,…

— Bryce Dallas Howard

I love period pieces. But it's hard to get money to make costumed dramas, so we'll see.

— Cary Fukunaga

I love a period drama - the theatricality of going into work and having that distance between yourself and the character you're playing.

— Sophie Rundle