Alice Lowe
Alice Lowe
Alice Eva Lowe is an English actress and writer, mainly in comedy. She is known for her roles in the Garth Marenghi series and as the lead and co-writer of the 2012 film Sightseers...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionTV Actress
Date of Birth3 April 1977
amazing exist gets loads studied
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.
stays
I think when a couple stays together, it's because of compromises they've both made.
half hour lots rather stories
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.
fact horror liked series six sort
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.
bit character create defies female gave learning loads massive unexpected
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.
captured funny golden instant sort
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.
came comic dramas rejected tv
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.
relationship though women
Women often have a fraught relationship with their mothers, even though that's the most important relationship in their lives.
captured genuinely interact people rather rhythms sort
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.
car hold jobs room sit
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.
interviews judging people scared thinking
For years, I didn't give interviews because I was scared of people judging me or thinking I was arrogant.
britain
One thing about television in Britain is that they're so scared about complaints. It curbs a lot of drama.
fear
There are some things that as an actor scare you, and if you can capture that fear on screen, it will be interesting.
dreams moment realised revisit work
I probably revisit in my work the moment at which I realised that dreams couldn't be reality.