Costume Symbolism Quotes

Actors have an unusual perspective on clothing. You've really got to know the impact of what you're wearing on the character you're playing.

O Lord, Sir - when a heroine goes mad she always goes into white satin.

I know a lot of actors talk about the importance of wardrobe, and it always seems like it's kind of a cop-out, maybe, because it seems like a minor detail to some people. But I think it's hugely important.

For me, as an actor, with any character I'm playing, wardrobe brings a whole other aspect. Once I have the clothing on, it helps the transformation.

Anybody who works with me knows this: I always repeat wardrobe in my characters. We're trying to play real people.

I felt like, in the recent past, people have been apologizing for Superman, a little bit, for his costume, for his origins, and for the way he fits into society.

I love the levels, the depth, that the character has. He is the only member of the Justice League who cannot take off his costume. He is Cyborg 24/7.

Courtrooms contain every symbol of authority that a set designer could imagine. Everyone stands up when you come in. You wear a costume identifying you as, if not quite divine, someone special.

Wardrobe is - in films, I could say it's a good half of the acting. You get the right rags on, they'll talk for you.

I've got headdresses and robes from all over: I am the mystery of everybody's story.

I'm very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and it's one of the great things about making movies is it's a collaborative art form so you get all these artists who are looking specifically about for this instance your character's costume and what that might tell about your character.

One of the things that's really important in 'Queen of the Night' is how people communicate with their clothes.

Don't forget that costumes, like dreams, are symbolic communication. Dreams teach us that a language for everything exists - for every object, every color worn, every clothing detail. Hence, costumes provide an aesthetic objectification that helps to tell the character's story.