Ioan Gruffudd Quotes

The way we dress on 'Mad Men' is so associated with old photographs, with people's parents and grandparents.

As soon as I see period costume, I turn off. It's like hearing drama on Radio 4.

When you wear the costumes in a period drama, you already feel like a different person - the clothes make you stand differently, change your posture, the way you walk. You really have to have stamina - you have two hours in hair and makeup, and then another hour to remove all that.

I don't feel very glowing, especially after wearing makeup - and not necessarily my choice of makeup - for 12 hours straight on a movie set. When I'm playing a character, her look is sometimes different from my own.

It's Toby Jones playing Alfred Hitchcock, not Alfred Hitchcock. We all felt that his silhouette was crucial, so his nose and lips were crucial as well. We had to build it out a bit to get the silhouette. But, with my nose being so small within the proportion of my face, the first nose was too big. I felt like a nose on parade.

I just love doing costume dramas; I am very lucky, as I see myself as a part-time time traveller.

My style was nostalgic and involved pearls and penny loafers, always with the pennies in them.

What you have to understand about period drama is that it's 'history light.'

While I appreciate horror movies, I'd love the opportunity to do something transformative, especially because people see me as contemporary. There's a lot to explore in my career that could take me back to another time. A period piece would be an incredible game of dress-up, too.

There's part of me that would love to wear a ruffly collar and do a period drama, but that's not going to happen. You don't have Asians in those sorts of things.

I played Simone, the French tutor for the daughter of a rich Manhattan couple, who goes to a costume ball as Marie Antoinette. While everyone else in 'CSI' races around in police gear, I had to wear a ballgown and bustle and two wigs. It was very heavy on the make-up side.

I'd always wanted to do costume drama, but period dramas often become very wooden. Just because they're born in the 1400s, all of a sudden people start losing their sense of humour or their personalities.

No matter how many modern parts I do, people still refer to me as Mrs. Costume Drama.

I've done a lot of period drama before. A lot of my jobs have been that.

I have Slavic fat pads that make me look like a chipmunk and arched predatory eyebrows. With that, you're not going to get funny. That's why I play so many bad guys.

The opulence and grandeur of a lot of period drama really helps you get into character and appreciate the luxury of good quality. If you're fashion-minded in any way, you can't help but be incredibly inspired and apply elements to your own style.

I'd love to do a period piece.

I played an old woman in a wheelchair at 18.

I think finding a character starts in hair and makeup, fitting room. That's where it all kind of falls into place.

The role in 'See No Evil,' Jacob Goodnight, was perfect for me, so if I got the opportunity to do that again, I certainly would consider that.

For me, changing my physical appearance for a character is never a problem. If I have to look a certain way for a role, I just do it.

I feel like when you perform in a period drama, it's so easy to transform yourself into someone else because the costumes are so different.

For me, I tend to enjoy wearing any period costume. I love how fashion and clothing has changed and evolved through time.

In my forthcoming movie 'Jerry,' I play a funny character, where there is scope for me to perform. I hope people would appreciate my performance. Hence forth I would concentrate on doing variety of roles, rather than appearing in skimpy costumes.

When you're trying to recreate an era, eyebrows and hair are the most important thing to consider.