Chloe Kohanski Quotes

I always felt like I was born in the wrong time period. I felt like I should've been born in the mid-to-late '40s.

I'm a little old-fashioned.

I've come to terms with the fact that I'm not convincing as an American.

Any work that is born out of natural serendipity or reverts to simpler times is poignant for people - in any era.

I made my statement... I had my foot in the '90s.

I am somebody who has never been able to give up '60s habits. I am the inevitable old codger on the dance floor.

Anytime someone says we're channelling 1960s, I'm like, I'm in, I love it.

A lot of the films I've made probably could have worked just as well 50 years ago, and that's just because I have a lot of old-fashion values.

I like old movies, screwball comedies, vintage clothes, and basically I'm an old-fashioned gal.

I find I'm an old soul.

I belong in America more than South Africa. I can't remember the feeling of living there anymore. It's like it was in another life. That's sad in a way. It is my country. It's where I grew up. You don't know what it's like to have these negative feelings about your homeland. There are roots you can't escape.

I can't tell you how much I love Target and Costco, that kind of culture, because it's something I never felt a part of. I've always felt like a tourist because I have never fit in anywhere.

I love history... everything is inspired by history, so that's why I love vintage and antiques.

I'm kind of a sucker for the retro-diagnoses.

I've always sort of felt like I was from another time. The '70s is more my vibe. The clothes fit me better.

I can't imagine life without Poland. I find it very hard to find a place for myself in the West.

Part of me always felt like the other, the outsider, the observer. My father had two sons with his second wife, who I didn't meet until my late 20s. I was always on the periphery. In Madrid, I was the only Turk in a very international school, so I had to start thinking about identity. All these things affected me.

I'm such an old-fashioned lady.

When I was growing up, in the '80s and '90s, I just never really saw myself reflected in the things that I had a liking for. It makes a difference.

I'm old-fashioned.

What does 'home' really mean? Is it merely geography, where you were born? Could it include straddling two continents and cultures? Or perhaps it's a place with a spiritual magnetism - a feeling toward a culture or people - that's tough to put into words?

I love seeing fashion from the past making a comeback.

I know part of nostalgia is romanticising the past, but I love doing things in a slower way, and the glamour of bygone eras.

I want to see the '70s guys, if they're gonna do something, stay valid in the '90s. Then they belong. If they're trapped in the '70s, then it's nostalgia. You're not getting me in those platform shoes again.

You don't realise how cool your culture is until you get out of that phase of trying to fit in.