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Checkout quotes by Colleen Atwood on Work

• ‟ Planet of the Apes was a gigantic challenge, making the clothes work so people could do stunts and action in the clothes. I really learned a lot about that in that movie.

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• ‟ I had to work out that it was something that could move, without having everybody in spray painted leotards.

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• ‟ When I do period work, I really like to read about the period as much as I like to look at pictures because sometimes the written word is much better at conveying what their lives were really like and how much they had and where their clothes came from. Because, a lot of time, people dressed in their Sunday best to pose for a picture.

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• ‟ I wanted to be a painter when I was a kid. And then, I had to make a living. I had a child when I was in high school, so I kind of had that work phase in my life.

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• ‟ One of the challenges with period costumes is, on a technical level, making the scale of different periods work on contemporary bodies. We're much bigger than what people were in older times.

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• ‟ One thing about costume design - and I think design in general - but especially costume design, is people have a misconception that it's very glamorous work.

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• ‟ My work space is so visually crammed. It's like an insane candy store. The number of textiles I'm surrounded with is mind boggling. It's a treat to come home to a nice negative space.

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• ‟ Every story is different, so what is a detail in one might not be in something else. Diversity is something I embrace and love about my work.

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