Alex Lawther Quotes
I've always wanted to keep my foot in film as well as theatre and be working in both worlds.
Quotes to Explore
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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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There's something rather wonderful about the fact that Oxford is a very small city that contains most of the cultural and metropolitan facilities you could want, in terms of bookshops, theatre, cinema, conversation. But it's near enough to London to get here in an hour, and it's near enough to huge open spaces without which I would go insane.
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I knew that I was a gay boy fairly early; what was interesting to me was that my mother didn't know. She made me play baseball - I had no desire to do that. I said, 'Mom, I don't like direct sunlight, I don't like bugs, I don't like grass, and I'd rather be in the house playing with your fabric samples.'
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I was attending the University of Alberta. I was going to be a high school teacher, like my parents. I failed - no, I didn't fail a class, I just barely passed. I really didn't try. It was Canadian history, through the plays of the time. My God, those were boring plays.
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I love love songs. But I love pop music as well: Girls Aloud, Kylie, the Spice Girls, East 17, Mika.
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Appropriate assessments are a crucial part of effectively educating students. But they only measure a narrow segment of what kids need to learn.
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I've always wanted to keep my foot in film as well as theatre and be working in both worlds.
