Costumes Quotes - Page 22

• I see myself wrapped in lies, which do not seem to penetrate my soul, as if they are not really a part of me. They are like costumes.

  Anais Nin

  Lying, Soul, Penetrate

  "Henry and June". Book by Anais Nin, 1986.

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• Singing is an incredible expression and something that is important to me, but where I feel comfortable with how much I reveal about myself is acting. I enjoy the characters, the costumes, the wigs and just being a chameleon.

  Brie Larson

  Character, Expression, Singing

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• The Hulk was a unique character because of his strength and power. He doesn't have a costume like Spiderman or like Superman - The Hulk is more visual. His passion and his strength, that is what separates him from anything else.

  Lou Ferrigno

  Passion, Character, Unique

  "Lou Ferrigno talks playing The Hulk, meeting Wonder Woman, training the King of Pop" By Hollie McKay, www.foxnews.com. anuary 24, 2013.

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• I'd love to do a costume drama movie. For no other reason, except that it sounds fun to me.

  Amy Ryan

  Fun, Drama, Sound

  "Here, Baby, Here! Amy Ryan on The Office and Win Win". Interview with Sam Bellikoff, www.interviewmagazine.com. March 18, 2011.

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• I went to America to get away from constantly being cast in costume dramas, playing posh people.

  Dominic West

  Drama, America, People

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• When you see the body outside of a costume and see the strength that it takes, people would look at dance a different way and see how athletic it is. You're not just born like that.

  Misty Copeland

  People, Athletic, Different

  Source: collider.com

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• I didn't want to do a costume drama. It's a great thing to do, but I've done them, and I didn't want to do the same thing again. Of course, costume dramas can be from all different eras, but at the time, I just felt very sure that I didn't want to be boxed in as an English actress. I wanted to be an actress, rather than an English actress.

  Carey Mulligan

  Drama, Different, Done

  Source: collider.com

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• Lenin in a top hat and frock coat would be a far greater anomaly than the Grand Lama of Thibet or a Zulu chief in that costume.

  Wyndham Lewis

  Would Be, Anomalies, Coats

  Wyndham Lewis (1929). “The Diabolical Principle and The Dithyrambic Spectator”, p.36, Ardent Media

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• I always love costume, and I'm always heavily involved in how things should look. Or how they should feel really, because that's part of the way I suppose I get into character in some ways. It's a lot about costume.

  Kit Harington

  Character, Looks, Way

  Source: collider.com

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• I am, in fact, Superman. Every morning I wake up and go into a telephone booth and change my costume, and then go to work.

  Stephen Daldry

  Morning, Wake Up, Telephones

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• The costume of women should be suited to her wants and necessities. It should conduce at once to her health, comfort, and usefulness; and, while it should not fail also to conduce to her personal adornment, it should make that end of secondary importance

  Amelia Bloomer

  Comfort, Want, Failing

  Amelia Bloomer (1975). “Life and Writings of Amelia Bloomer”

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• It’s tricky when you’re doing a recording, because the only weapon you have is your voice and the delivery of that voice. You don’t have a gesture or a facial expression, there are no costumes or set pieces. Everything needs to be present in the voice.

  Joyce DiDonato

  Expression, Voice, Needs

  "Drama Queens : A Conversation With Mezzo-Soprano Joyce DiDonato". Interview with Sean Martinfield, www.huffingtonpost.com. November 19, 2012.

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• My whole background is character acting: weird costumes, fat suits, playing men, playing animals - I've never played anyone with whom there's any overlapping Venn diagram.

  Allison Williams

  Character, Animal, Men

  "‘Girls’ Star Allison Williams On Her Masturbation Scene, Lena Dunham And More". Interview with Christopher Rosen, www.huffingtonpost.com. April 29, 2012.

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• Debased men, but they all had something in common: They showed a keen regard for virtue, and tried to dress themselves in that costume. Hypocrisy, for all its bad reputation, at least showed a decent respect for goodness.

  Orson Scott Card

  Men, Hypocrisy, Dresses

  Orson Scott Card (1996). “Alvin Journeyman: The Tales of Alvin Maker”, p.256, Macmillan

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• My mother was the worst kind of stage mother. She would make me and my younger sister and brother little duckling costumes and put us in kiddie shows.

  Renee Fleming

  Mother, Brother, Littles

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