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It's always fun messing around with costumes and stuff. You know there is an element of acting that you've got to dress-up; that's part of it.

I've done a few costume dramas, and people say, 'What was it like wearing the costumes? Did they really help you with your character?,' and most of the time it doesn't make any difference. You're wearing something a bit weird, and it's sort of uncomfortable, but it doesn't really have a huge impact on the part that you're playing.

Getting all dressed up and putting on fancy clothes - all of that's a great thing, but oddly, it doesn't really have a lot to do with acting most of the time.

In the beginning, when you're acting in amateur theater and off-Broadway, it was unheard of that anyone else would get your costume. And it was important to get a good costume. You put time into that.

One of my favourite parts of acting is the clothes that you get to wear, because it's very important.

One of the nice things about acting is that it allows you to open up to the other people within you.

When I do my makeup, it kind of helps me get into the character that I'm trying to portray.

Acting has always been very comfortable for me, so it allows me to pay attention to other parts of the process literally while I'm acting.

Actors have an unusual perspective on clothing. You've really got to know the impact of what you're wearing on the character you're playing.