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" 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. "

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" 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. "

Colleen Atwood

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

" I love designing costumes that I can actually construct, working to create an environment that people want to be in. "

" 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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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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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" Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are. "

" It's often said that costume designers are a faceless group of people. But we can contribute to fashion in a way that might be new and different. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

" 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 really don't over-theorize about design. I'd rather feel it than talk it to death. A lot happens as you unroll the design. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" In real life, a lot of people at that level will have their kimonos made especially for them. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "

" The right costume determines the character, helps the actor feel who he is, and serves the story. "

" I like the architecture of lingerie. "

Colleen Atwood

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" 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. "

" 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. "

" I worked in fashion, but I worked more in the sales side of fashion than in design. I was an assistant buyer for a department store back in the '70s and the early years of Saint Laurent. And I used to have a lot of private clients that I bought for. "

" 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've always loved movies, art and clothes. "

" 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. "

" 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. "