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.

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.

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

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.

I don't design my own clothes. It's so not what I think about.

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.

Chicago is partly a fairy tale because it's inside one person's head, so that part of it's made up and the rest of it is reality.