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
dreams moment realised revisit work
I probably revisit in my work the moment at which I realised that dreams couldn't be reality.
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.
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.
arrogance bloke confidence interviews judging people scared thinking
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.
relationship though women
Women often have a fraught relationship with their mothers, even though that's the most important relationship in their lives.
intelligent people elements
We always wanted to make a comedy that was a little bit more than that, which had tragic elements to it... that people engaged with - an intelligent comedy essentially.
reputation certain being-cool
Manchester has a certain reputation of being cool.
laughter thinking people
I think what's difficult is proving to people that a script actually does work and sometimes the laughter might not be on the page, it might be between the lines.
fear
There are some things that as an actor scare you, and if you can capture that fear on screen, it will be interesting.