Quotes by Colleen Atwood

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Colleen Atwood is an American costume designer.
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I always loved clothes, just not clothes that were appropriate to the place I grew up in.

Colleen Atwood

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

Colleen Atwood

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.

Colleen Atwood

The costumes had to serve the choreography.

Colleen Atwood

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

Colleen Atwood

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

Colleen Atwood

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

Colleen Atwood

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?

Colleen Atwood

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.

Colleen Atwood

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.

Colleen Atwood

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.

Colleen Atwood

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

Colleen Atwood

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

Colleen Atwood

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

Colleen Atwood

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.

Colleen Atwood

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.

Colleen Atwood

Author Bio

  • NameColleen Atwood
  • DescriptionAmerican costume designer
  • BornSeptember 25, 1948
  • CountryUnited States Of America
  • ProfessionCostume Designer