Alex Lawther Quotes

United Kingdom, Actor
May 4, 1995

Alexander Jonathan "Alex" Lawther is an English actor best known for portraying James in the Channel 4/Netflix series The End of the F***ing World, and for his acclaimed turn as Kenny in the series three episode "Shut Up and Dance" of the science fiction anthology series Black Mirror. For playing the young Alan Turing in the film The Imitation Game (2014), he won the London Film Critics' Circle Award for Young British Performer of the Year.

One of the things I'll always remember from my time with 'Black Mirror' is the sense of all the tongue and cheek, and very, very dark sense of comedy there, too.

Alex Lawther
- Remember
- Comedy
- Sense
Technology really helps our daily lives, but things like location services are actually quite creepy.

Alex Lawther

At the end of the day, what you're able to work on is what comes by you, what sort of floats by you.

Alex Lawther
That's one thing that attracts me to roles the most - how much potential there is for me to learn from it.

Alex Lawther
- Thing
- Roles
- Potential
I've always wanted to keep my foot in film as well as theatre and be working in both worlds.

Alex Lawther
- Film
- Theatre
- Worlds
My dream really is just to keep working in film and in theatre.

Alex Lawther
- Dream
- Film
- Theatrer
If I'm being honest, yes, I've always been into the underdog instead of the golden boy or guy with the easy life. It doesn't seem that dramatic from a storied perspective to play someone that has it easy or is incredibly normal.

Alex Lawther
- Life
- Boy
- Dramatic
I love period drama as much as the next person, but there's a tendency to let all of the costume get in the way of the people.

Alex Lawther
- People
- Drama
- Costume

Everyone has a freak flag inside them. Whether they're brave enough to show it is another matter.

Alex Lawther
- Brave
- Inside
- Flag
We have something very powerful in our hands with the Internet, and we still don't really understand fully its power.

Alex Lawther