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
kids fossils would-be
When I was a kid the highlight of my week would be doing a fossil hunt at the local quarry... that kind of thing.
holiday journey wife
The film [Sightseers] is really the story of the journey of a relationship, so the killings are almost a metaphor for the trials they go through. We wanted people to identify with the experience of going on holiday and having a quarrel with your wife, boyfriend, whatever. We knew if we didn't crack that it would not be watchable as a film.
london film ends
So many films end up being filmed in London or in the same places over and over again.
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.
couple struggle thinking
I think in most couples or partnerships, there's a constant struggle for power and dominance.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.