A Quote by Lucy Liu

Once you embody the language, the character comes really naturally, especially when you put the costume on.

Lucy Liu

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Character Costume Embody Language Naturally Once Put Really

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Lucy Liu
American - Actress
Born: December 2, 1968

Costume is always an asset. Normal costume you have a lot to say about - if you're wearing suits or ties, and what color you want, and how it's going to be cut, and stuff like that, and whether or not you're going to wear a hat, and blah, blah, blah. But, when you're wearing a special costume, and of course, costume is probably the second ingredient in character, script being first, I always find that the costume does a lot to cement your character, to put it firmly in mind.

Morgan Freeman

I design for the movie and the character as well as the person wearing the costume. I show the ideas to the actor, then do fittings for shape and technical things such as movement in the costume. Once the costume in this form is on the actor, you have a sense of their connection with it. I then take it to the next level with the final fit.

Colleen Atwood

Once you put a mask on, if you allow it to, it can really transform you, and that's what a costume does.

Nikolaj Coster-Waldau

I'm very much the type of actor that once I embody the character, I could stay in it from the beginning to the end.

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje

I think a lot of acting is about the removal of self-consciousness. The actor is going to be in front of a lot of people, and will naturally feel self-conscious. So a lot of the preparation for that is the removal of that idea. Like you embody or are connected to this character, therefore you can present this character in a way that eventually, when you come back to see it, you feel not exactly ashamed of.

Chiwetel Ejiofor

Costume, hair and makeup can tell you instantly, or at least give you a larger perception of who a character is. It's the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth, so it really does establish who they are.

Colleen Atwood

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

We have a costume closet at home. My family will put on a costume for any excuse.

Bryan Batt

I'm dyslexic, and it takes me longer to memorize and to embody the character so I can really own it.

Octavia Spencer

Costume really helps you feel in character.

Ncuti Gatwa

The skeptics said you can't put on a costume in the middle of New York - which isn't true, because everyone's in a costume here.

Avi Arad

Costume design is so important and really helpful, and I really love that aspect of character development, just figuring it out.

Katherine Waterston

It's just really so important for an actor to be in the right costume for their character.

Camila Morrone

I've turned up to costume parties in the wrong costume. I've made social faux pas a plenty. I've put one foot in front of the other and fallen over.

Benedict Cumberbatch

For me, the costume is very important. More the feel of it than the look of it. I take it more from the inside. So if I wear something that's heavy, it will affect my character. Is it very tight, and do I feel almost imprisoned, or is it very comfortable? It's the feeling of the costume that tells me where to go with the character.