“As an actor, I look at first what I can borrow from what I really feel.” Quote by Kristin Bauer van Straten
“If I'm doing something contemporary, for sure I'm very aware of what's going on. Personally, I like fashion trends, but when I'm doing a movie, it doesn't affect what I do particularly at all. I don't relate to it in that way.” IfsWayFashionContemporaryRelateTrendsFashion Trends Author:Colleen Atwood
“I don't design my own clothes. It's so not what I think about.” ThinkingMy OwnDesignClothes Author:Colleen Atwood
“I love Johnny (Depp). A lot of the stuff I've done for him stands out for me just because of the relationship and who he is.” DoneStuffStanding Out Author:Colleen Atwood
“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.” KnowsKindMadeMomentsLastsDesignHardestCostumesFloatingOne For Me Author:Colleen Atwood
“I have assistants that use the internet a lot more than I do. I use the internet for photo research, but for me personally, probably just because of my age, I'm not that mechanically inclined.” UseAgeInternetResearchAssistants Author:Colleen Atwood
“I used to be able to sit in a chair and for four hours straight in a very focused meditative way be in my own world without ay interruption. And now it's like your brain is getting so trained to check your phone, and there is like a dopamine release every time you get a text whether it's a good or a bad one. I'm really worried about what it's doing to our minds.” WorldWayMindAbleUsedHoursMy OwnBrainFourLike YouPhonesFocusedChecksUsed To BeReleaseWorriedChairsInterruptionsDopamineMy Own World Author:Brit Marling
“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.” LooksSometimesDoneStoriesDreamLeft Author:Colleen Atwood
“I think what's fun about the fairytales is just seeing what everybody interprets them as, which comes from the different directors and what they want to do with them.” ThinkingWantDifferentFunSeeingDirectorsFairytale Author:Colleen Atwood
“Be able to take any job that gives you experience on a film. Don't just think that you have to be in one department or the other, because through working on one and seeing what other people do in the movie makes you realize what your role is if you become a costume designer.” PeopleIfsThinkingGivingAbleJobsFilmRealizingRolesSeeingDesignerDepartmentCostumes Author:Colleen Atwood