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22 October 2008 12:14 AM, PDT | WENN | See recent WENN news »

Actress Glenn Close keeps a museum full of costumes collected from her decades-long movie career - because she's obsessed with her eccentric on-screen characters.

The legendary star began her collection after her first movie, 1982 film The World According to Garp.

But Close's hoarding ways soon became a habit she's been unable to kick.

She says, "I have all my costumes. I have an unbelievable costume collection... they represent some of the most phenomenal feats of design and execution you could ever see. I get very attached to my costumes because you spend a lot of time in the fitting room.

"For me it's a very important part of creating the character in those fittings, because in film you don't have a lot of rehearsal. By the time you're in your full drag, a lot of that has been collaborated with the make-up artist and hair stylist and the costume designer, so they mean a lot to me." »

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