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" I am always looking for ideas, whether it is in art on the street or in my world travels. It comes to me randomly and unexpectedly. "

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" I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards. "

" One thing about costume design - and I think design in general - but especially costume design, is people have a misconception that it's very glamorous work. "

" I get more distracted by hair or a really bad wig than I do costumes any day of the week. "

" One of the challenges with period costumes is, on a technical level, making the scale of different periods work on contemporary bodies. We're much bigger than what people were in older times. "

" I think that sometimes people don't understand that a costume that has to be worn every day and doesn't change the whole movie becomes iconic. It's very important because it requires a different design process, since you have to make something that people aren't going to get tired of looking at. "

" I don't design my own clothes. It's so not what I think about. "

" Planet of the Apes was a gigantic challenge, making the clothes work so people could do stunts and action in the clothes. I really learned a lot about that in that movie. "

" I always have a moment when I know I'm designing the last costume that gets made for a movie, and it's always been floating up there, but it's kind of the last one. That's always probably the hardest one for me. "

" My work space is so visually crammed. It's like an insane candy store. The number of textiles I'm surrounded with is mind boggling. It's a treat to come home to a nice negative space. "

" For contemporary fashion, I'm a huge fan of so many of the people out there. I think Azzedine Alaia holds up through three generations of very specific, beautiful design. I think Jean Paul Gaultier also is very interesting with a long span. "

" The thing that's great about being a costume designer is you never know what's going to be next; you never what world you are going to enter. "

" People like to stir up the fashion vs. costume world, and I think what they mean by 'too costumey' is that it's too much, or not real enough for everyday wear. You couldn't say that about John Galliano's shows, right? I mean, they're awesome, and they're total costume. "

" Each simian had a much different body suit, so besides trying to define class across species, there was a definite attempt to dress each group in different styles. "

" Inspiration comes from everywhere: books, art, people on the street. It is an interior process for me. "

" If you want someone to feel warm, you dress them in a warm color and put a warm light on them and you get the picture. Sometimes, all that needs pushing a little bit to help tell the story. "

" I grew up in the age of polyester. When I got to touch real silk, cotton and velvet, the feel of nonsynthetic fabrics blew me away. I know it's important how clothing looks, but it's equally important how it feels on your skin. "

" I can create clothes for so many different time periods. I've always tried to avoid being pigeonholed. Plus, everything I learn about design and costume from one movie somehow works its way into something else. "

" It's fun conjuring what people will be wearing in the future. We exist in this world today, and yet there are people walking around who still look like they're in the '60s. "

" Every story is different, so what is a detail in one might not be in something else. Diversity is something I embrace and love about my work. "

" As for futuristic costumes, I loved doing 'Gattaca' because I'm a minimalist at heart, and it's a very minimal film. Plus, with Uma Thurman, Ethan Hawke and Jude Law, how could you go wrong? "

" The costumes had to serve the choreography. "

" Sleepy Hollow had a lot of action in it, even though it was a fairy-tale movie. "

" I grew up in a small town in Washington State, so I wasn't really aware of costume design as a career growing up, but I loved clothes. I remember I saved all my money, and the first thing that I bought was a white blazer, which was to the horror to my parents. But I have always had a strange connection with clothing. "

" Costume design allows you to do a different type of research and create characters, whereas in fashion, you create an image and clothing for the masses. "

" In Chicago, I walked in knowing what the dancers were going to need. "

" I have always loved beautiful leather objects, especially the detail that goes into designing them both inside and out. "

" When I do period work, I really like to read about the period as much as I like to look at pictures because sometimes the written word is much better at conveying what their lives were really like and how much they had and where their clothes came from. Because, a lot of time, people dressed in their Sunday best to pose for a picture. "

" Some of the kimonos took as long as four to five months to make, with all the layers that go into it. "

" As a designer, you have to solve a lot of problems. Even though people are wearing clothes that are supposed to look beautiful, they'll have to do all kinds of things. "

" It's great fun that my grandkids get to see the costumes in 'Alice in Wonderland' or a doll with grandma's dress, but then they also let me know they're bummed I didn't do any of the 'Pirates of the Caribbean' movies. "