Alice Lowe

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

— Alice Lowe

Manchester has a certain reputation of being cool.

— Alice Lowe

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

— Alice Lowe

Confidence in a bloke would be arrogance in a woman. For years, I didn't give interviews because I was scared of people…

— Alice Lowe

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

— Alice Lowe

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

— Alice Lowe

The characters are not allowed to change if you write a sitcom; they're not allowed to learn anything. There's all these sorts…

— Alice Lowe

I was in something called 'Garth Marenghi's Darkplace' which was a real cult comedy; it's sort of a spoof horror sort of…

— Alice Lowe

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

— Alice Lowe

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

— Alice Lowe

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

— Alice Lowe

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

— Alice Lowe

I think it's much more natural as a writer to want to tell one story rather than lots of small stories that…

— Alice Lowe

I think what's difficult is proving to people that a script actually does work and sometimes the laughter might not be on…

— Alice Lowe

We always wanted to make a comedy that was a little bit more than that, which had tragic elements to it... that…

— Alice Lowe

I think 'Sightseers' was a bit of an epiphany, a massive learning curve, and it gave me loads of confidence to go…

— Alice Lowe

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

— Alice Lowe

In film, you're painting a canvas. I got really excited about that.

— Alice Lowe

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

— Alice Lowe

We actually did go on a camping trip together as part of the research, in a caravan, for a week. I guess…

— Alice Lowe

I think in most couples or partnerships, there's a constant struggle for power and dominance.

— Alice Lowe

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

— Alice Lowe

When I was a kid the highlight of my week would be doing a fossil hunt at the local quarry... that kind…

— Alice Lowe

If you're funny as a woman, people think it might be because someone else helped you.

— Alice Lowe

We developed 'Sightseers' as a TV idea but didn't get anywhere with it because all the channels said it was too dark…

— Alice Lowe