41 Quotes by Alice Lowe

Women often have a fraught relationship with their mothers, even though that's the most important relationship in their lives.

There are some things that as an actor scare you, and if you can capture that fear on screen, it will be interesting.

One thing about television in Britain is that they're so scared about complaints. It curbs a lot of drama.

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.

For years, I didn't give interviews because I was scared of people judging me or thinking I was arrogant.

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.

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.

I think when a couple stays together, it's because of compromises they've both made.

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.