Comedy Quote by Paul Feig

It's pretty awesome to see people dressed up in period clothing and running around on horses and in carriages and all that kind of…

— Cary Fukunaga

As much as I love period movies and especially more swashbuckling movies, I think that sometimes they tend to be, umm... it's hard for…

— Brian Helgeland

The joy of a period film is that you're taken to another world. The costumes determine the way you move, and then consequently the…

— Rhys Ifans

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 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

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

That, for me, actually is the most important thing about doing a period film is trying to make these people as lovable as they…

— Florence Pugh

I love costume dramas, I love performing in them, because in a funny kind of way, you feel more free. You know about the…

— Keira Knightley

For me, I tend to enjoy wearing any period costume. I love how fashion and clothing has changed and evolved through time.

— Billy Howle

Some period pieces are shot slightly objectively, a little bit, and some call it stuffy or dusty or old fashioned. I always felt that…

— Nikolaj Arcel

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

— Phoebe Dynevor

The actors nowadays, both young men and young ladies, don't always wear their period clothes as well as they might. They tend to stomp…

— Julie Harris