91 Quotes by Colleen Atwood

I'd say probably the most expensive costumes I've ever made were the costumes in 'The Planet of the Apes,' because of the research and development that went into them and the amount of layers.

I can create clothes for so many different time periods. I've always tried to avoid being pigeonholed. Plus, everything I learn about design and costume from one movie somehow works its way into something else.

The first Chicago was definitely a product of its time, and Chicago the musical is definitely a contemporary look at another time.

The designs were based on quite a lot of research of what a movie musical is, filtered through the eyes of today. If we'd gone strictly with the '20s, the movement would have been impaired.

I think the silhouette of the kimono costume will become engraved in people’s minds. I do think there’ll be lots of red accents in the near future. For me personally, I can’t see myself flaunting around in a geisha uniform but it’ll make me smile when I see what others do with it.

Sometimes you have dreams about the day or something like that. But, for the story, it’s just present and what you have left ahead of you to do and how things look that day that you reflect on. It’s just there until you’re done.

I always carry pictures of my children and grandchildren, which is what makes it all worthwhile. It’s great fun that my grandkids get to see the costumes in Alice in Wonderland or a doll with grandma’s dress.

I always have a moment when I know I’m designing the last costume that gets made for a movie and it’s always been floating up there but it’s kind of the last one. That’s always probably the hardest one for me.

Chicago is partly a fairy tale because it’s inside one person’s head, so that part of it’s made up and the rest of it is reality.