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Costumes are the first impression that you have of the character before they open their mouth-it really does establish who they are.

The cool thing about doing a voice-over into a different language is that you get to bring the character of your own culture into it.

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

In a costume, you need very exaggerated body language - as you say, sort of mime-type skills.

The right costume determines the character, helps the actor feel who he is, and serves the story.

Costume is a huge part of getting into character. Your body soaks in what you're wearing, and you turn into someone else.

I play characters, and I try to play them in a manner that's appropriate to the script. Physical movement and vitality of language is part of character.

Usually, one of the first things I think about when I'm developing a character is what they're wearing. I mean, it sounds very cheesy and very actor-y, but it really does help me figure it out.

One of the coolest ways to start building a character is the way he moves his mouth, what part of the mouth he puts his words into, how he expresses himself, and there's a certain flavor you get with a dialect.

I'm very much into the costuming of any character that I portray and it's one of the great things about making movies is it's a collaborative art form so you get all these artists who are looking specifically about for this instance your character's costume and what that might tell about your character.