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" I wanted to be a painter when I was a kid. And then, I had to make a living. I had a child when I was in high school, so I kind of had that work phase in my life. "

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" 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. "

Colleen Atwood

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" I design for the movie and the character as well as the person wearing the costume. I show the ideas to the actor, then do fittings for shape and technical things such as movement in the costume. Once the costume in this form is on the actor, you have a sense of their connection with it. I then take it to the next level with the final fit. "

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

" Knowing who the actors were as you were designing them helped, with Catherine's beauty and Renee's frailty, they directed me visually just by who they were. "

" 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. "

" I choose colors I like and will photograph well. I don't do color theory! "

" I'd seen the current stage production and the 1975 production of Chicago. I liked them both very much, but I didn't use them necessarily as inspiration. "

" I have watched 'Project Runway,' but I'm not a devout watcher of it. But I think it's a great show, what I've seen of it, and I think Tim Gunn is a very positive, amazing guy. "

" The reward is that you can actually create a world separate from reality with a story, actors, music, and camera design. When it works it can entertain, move people and teach us all. "

" It actually is as fun to make men's costumes, especially if they are as good-looking as Chris Hemsworth. "

" The costumes had to serve the choreography. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" My own style is pretty classic; I much prefer to design for others. "

" I think a lot of young girls go through that period in their life of finding who they are, and at that point, looking good matters the most. "

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

" The designs were based on quite a lot of research of what a movie musical is, filtered through the eyes of today. If we'd gone strictly with the '20s, the movement would have been impaired. "

" I'd say probably the most expensive costumes I've ever made were the costumes in 'The Planet of the Apes,' because of the research and development that went into them and the amount of layers. "

" On Planet of the Apes, I had a very knowledgeable team who knew good materials, but I had one main source person who worked online and on the street continually looking for the proper materials. "

" 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. "

" It's true that I'm not cozy. I'm more reserved. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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 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. "

Colleen Atwood

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" I like the architecture of lingerie. "

Colleen Atwood

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" 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. "

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

Colleen Atwood

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