Colleen Atwood Quotes
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Costume, hair and makeup can tell you instantly, or at least give you a larger perception of who a character is. It's the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth, so it really does establish who they are.
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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.
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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.
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I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards.
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I don't design my own clothes. It's so not what I think about.
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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.
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I get more distracted by hair or a really bad wig than I do costumes any day of the week.
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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.