Alice Lowe Professions : Film actress Born : April 3, 1977 Browse All Authors Top 41 quotes by Alice Lowe For years, I didn't give interviews because I was scared of people judging me or thinking I was arrogant. Alice Lowe me judging people thinking If you're funny as a woman, people think it might be because someone else helped you. Alice Lowe woman you funny people Confidence in a bloke would be arrogance in a woman. For years, I didn't give interviews because I was scared of people judging me or thinking I was arrogant. Alice Lowe woman me confidence people There are some things that as an actor scare you, and if you can capture that fear on screen, it will be interesting. Alice Lowe will you capture fear I think comedy, so much of it comes out of the strange sort of golden instant 'cause you don't know why it's funny, but you captured it. Alice Lowe think you comedy funny I think it's much more natural as a writer to want to tell one story rather than lots of small stories that are half an hour long. Alice Lowe story small think long Women often have a fraught relationship with their mothers, even though that's the most important relationship in their lives. Alice Lowe mothers women important relationship I probably revisit in my work the moment at which I realised that dreams couldn't be reality. Alice Lowe dreams moment work reality I think when a couple stays together, it's because of compromises they've both made. Alice Lowe i-think because think together I don't have kids, a mortgage, or a car. That has let me hold out for the jobs I want to do, and to sit in a cold room in the winter with fingerless gloves, writing. Alice Lowe me car writing winter I studied classics, and I find it mystifying that we had Medea and Electra and Antigone and all these amazing characters, and they don't really exist in cinema now. The only person who's really doing it, and he gets loads of criticism for it, is Lars Von Trier. Alice Lowe amazing doing cinema criticism I have to be careful, as I don't want to offend Midlanders, but growing up, it wasn't like growing up in London. Anything you were interested in, you'd be able to find someone also interested in it. In the Midlands, nobody came out as gay at my school at all. Alice Lowe nobody you gay school We pitched 'Sightseers' as a TV idea originally, and it was rejected because it was too dark. But then things like 'Dexter' came out, 'Breaking Bad'... There are so many sophisticated dramas now with comic elements to them. Alice Lowe bad things like dark I think 'Sightseers' was a bit of an epiphany, a massive learning curve, and it gave me loads of confidence to go out there, and also to create a female character which is completely unexpected and defies convention. Alice Lowe me confidence learning character I don't understand why people don't use improvisation, especially in comedy films, but also, for me, you get more naturalism, and that's why I like the naturalistic performances and strange rhythms and the way that people genuinely interact captured rather than sort of very mannered performances. Alice Lowe me you people way The characters are not allowed to change if you write a sitcom; they're not allowed to learn anything. There's all these sorts of rules, and you go, 'I just want to be able to write one character and then leave that behind.' Also, as a performer, and I may regret saying this, but it would be my own personal hell to be trapped in the sitcom. Alice Lowe you regret change character I was in something called 'Garth Marenghi's Darkplace' which was a real cult comedy; it's sort of a spoof horror sort of thing, and it only ever had one series, but I liked the fact that it only had one series because it's kind of got this little gemlike quality to it that there were only ever six episodes. Alice Lowe something comedy quality real The irony is that we're really good at comedy in Britain, but for some reason, we make very few comedy films. And when we do, they're either quite American in style, or very Richard Curtis. And I like Richard Curtis, but I think only Richard Curtis should write Richard Curtis films, and other people should try and find their own style. Alice Lowe good think style people One thing about television in Britain is that they're so scared about complaints. It curbs a lot of drama. Alice Lowe one-thing scared drama television In film, you're painting a canvas. I got really excited about that. Alice Lowe you canvas excited painting Similar Authors Isabella Rossellini film-actress Izabella Scorupco film-actress Betty Buckley film-actress Bipasha Basu film-actress Butterfly McQueen film-actress Bryce Dallas Howard film-actress All Authors