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“I think both of us [ with Steve Oram], once we decided to do comedy, knew that we would have to come to London to do that.” quote by Alice Lowe — Download Open image

“I think both of us [ with Steve Oram], once we decided to do comedy, knew that we would have to come to London to do that.”

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I think it's very easy to get discouraged early on.

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Manchester has a certain reputation of being cool.

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Growing up, I didn't feel very cool having come from the Midlands.

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Ironically, there isn't much comedy film in Britain, which is quite surprising seeing that we're quite good at it.

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I think 99% of the whole thing is to have passion about the idea yourself. I think part of your job as a filmmaker…

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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…

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…

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We pitched 'Sightseers' as a TV idea originally, and it was rejected because it was too dark. But then things like 'Dexter' came out,…

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I love doing comedy, and that's the thing I will always go back to, really, but I'd love to have the freedom to do…

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'Sightseers' started off as a character comedy double act.

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So many films end up being filmed in London or in the same places over and over again.

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