Alex Lawther Quotes
I've always wanted to keep my foot in film as well as theatre and be working in both worlds.
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I want you to feel happy and enjoy the theatre of my life the way that I do. No matter what happens with my music and wherever I go - that heart of that glamorous girl in New York will never be gone.
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The entertainment medium of film is particularly tuned to the present imaginations of people at large. A lot of fiction is intensely nostalgic.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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You have to understand that you are not making the film for yourself; you're making it for the audience. If I am asking my audiences to buy tickets, I owe them the worth of their money, and I owe them entertainment.
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The cool thing is that, unlike film, the theatre roles for women get better and better as you get older.
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Bootworks' Black Box Theatre has a maximum seating capacity of two - as long as one of you is happy to sit on the other's lap.
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It would be great to make a movie that had the style of a great '30's film.
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How do I act so well? What I do is I pretend to be the person I'm portraying in the film or play.
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Being in a Woody Allen film. I cherish it.
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I started in theatre, and for me, it was all about transformation. You transform into the character that you're playing.
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I make sure that whatever film I do, I enjoy my role.
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I've only used my own voice about four times on film.
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I love moments in film where there's no dialogue, and somebody communicates something with a look that kills you. That's why I love going to the cinema.
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I was always interested in the arts as a child - drawing, painting, and piano - but acting became a favourite. I was a major theatre geek in high school - if I wasn't in the drama room at lunch rehearsing, I'd be in the art room finishing up some type of project.
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When you're struggling to get a feature film off the ground, there's no big overarching tenure plan or anything like that.
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'Saawariya' was my debut film. It will always be the most special film.
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All I can say is that I am not one of those writers who want 100% of their book in the film. I recognize that film is a different medium and the filmmaker must have the right to bring some new elements to the table, provided the soul of the book is preserved.
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I went through a low phase for two years when I had a string of flops. At that time, I even felt that I was in the wrong profession and that I should leave acting. But thankfully, I utilised that time to introspect and went on a self-exploration trip. I did theatre in between, and it helped grow the fire within me.
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Coming back to theatre is something I'm keen to do for the rest of my life. It recharges my batteries, so to speak.
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In the case of a film like The Exorcist or To Live and Die in L.A., I saw the whole movie in my head before I went to shoot it. I never did storyboards, or anything like that. I had the film in my head.
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A script like 'The Sixth Sense' is fun to read: It's so well-written, and you get a vivid sense of what's going to be onscreen.
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Unlike most divorces, where the children were usually the first to know, my parents were very good about keeping that a secret.
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I grew up in Palm Springs, California, which is a suburb like a desert town, and I love it.
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I've always wanted to keep my foot in film as well as theatre and be working in both worlds.
