Gary Oldman

And costume is so important for an actor. It absolutely helps to get into character; it's the closest thing to you, it touches you. Some actors like to go into make-up and then put their clothes on, but I like to dress first; that's my routine.

English Actor

Geoff Johns

I think supporting casts in comics are missing. I think a lot of the time in comics, all we have are people in costumes talking to other people in costumes, superheroes talking to superheroes and supervillains, and that's it.

American Writer

Hailey Gates

I wrote a play that I directed and I was in, and I paid for the sets and the costumes and to put it up in a theater all through modeling. It really afforded me a lot of creative control in my life.

American Journalist

Xavier Dolan

Titanic' made me want to tell stories... To have all these characters and costumes and have ambition and think big and have dreams... It came at a very troubled period of my life.

Canadian Actor

Gloria Guinness

I've never worn costume jewelry in my life. It's really very self-defeating. Why should a man buy a woman real jewelry when she wears false pieces?

Mexican Editor

Chuck Palahniuk

If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character, would you slow down? Or speed up?

American Novelist

Ginnifer Goodwin

I think of clothes a lot like costumes. I think of what I wear in real life as being my real life character's costume.

American Actress

Emily Hampshire

I like a character, not a costume - the idea of putting on clothes and you become someone else.

Canadian Actress

Gillian Armstrong

I have worked with some of the most amazing costume designers in the world.

Australian Director

Ncuti Gatwa

Costume really helps you feel in character.

Used when dressing up as someone else, often for fun or a special event.

Character Role

Typically worn for celebrations like Halloween or themed parties.

Special Occasions

A costume is not for daily attire; it's for specific roles or events.

Not Everyday Wear

Reflects traditional clothing from a particular culture or era.

Cultural Significance

Can indicate clothing from a specific historical time.

Historical Representation

Wearing costumes can be a way to honor and learn about a culture.

Cultural Awareness

Costumes help portray characters on stage or in films more authentically.

Theatrical Use

Often designed and fitted by professionals, especially in performances.

Professional Creation

Aids in an actor's transformation into their character.

Character Transformation

 arm them with incredible material, keep production value as minimal as possible -- no sets, no costumes, no lights, just reading it -- to throw all the emphasis on the language and to show that theater can be created at any setting. It's a powerful thing, getting in a room with complete strangers and reminding ourselves of our humanity,

My journey from Marine...

 Social psychologists like me come along and say, "Yeah, people are the actors on the stage, but you'll have to be aware of the situation. Who are the cast of characters? What's the costume? Is there a stage director?" And so we're interested in what are the external factors around the individual -- the bad barrel?

The psychology of evil PIPE...

 as their favorite characters from film and television and especially anime, but it is so much more than that. These aren't just people who find a costume and put it on -- they mash them up. They bend them to their will. They change them to be the characters they want to be in those productions.

My love letter to...

 why is every character she dresses up as a boy? And where are all the female superheroes? And that is not actually the question, because there's plenty of female superheroes. My question really is, where is all the female superhero stuff? Where are the costumes? Where are the toys?

Bring on the female...

 authentic City is very important in a story like this because we are not telling something fictional it's so it's a true story it's about somebody who really made a difference and someone who's known all the world costume Isis was really exciting because the story starts in

The Making of 'Genius' PIPE...

 from all their peers' designs. They can take any element from any garment from the history of fashion and incorporate it into their own design. They're also notorious for riffing off of the zeitgeist. And here, I suspect, they were influenced by the costumes in Avatar.

Johanna Blakely: Lessons...

 An elderly woman named Rosalie was sitting in her nursing home when her room suddenly burst to life with twirling fabrics. Through the elaborate drapings, she could make out animals, children, and costumed characters.

How much of what you see...

 it's time to shape it. A cartoon is like a staged play. A cartoonist is playwright, director, stage designer, choreographer, and costume designer. A cartoon has characters, a set, dialogue, even if one line,

Inside a cartoonist's...

 it usually adorns its costume with sponges and seaweed as these are most often sir hand but given the chance it improvises a trait that helps the dresser crab maintain perfect camouflage

Dresser crab camouflage...

 continues to delight audiences with the actors' elaborate makeup, extravagant and delicately embroidered costumes, and the unmistakable melodrama of the stories told on stage.