I love acting and certainly won't give it up, but it's part of a bigger canvas for me now. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
The whole chameleon thing about acting. That's why I'm moving towards directing - it's a much more healthy occupation. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
For me, I've never drawn a distinction between live-action acting and performance-capture acting. It is purely a technology. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
You don't really think about 3D when you're acting. As a director, you do. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I think acting really helps as a director. It's just no question, because you totally understand the acting process. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Acting is a sort of pressure cooker that allows the fizz to come out the top. God knows what I'd be like… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
What's fantastic is that there's a real growing appreciation for performance-capture technology as a tool for acting. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Over the years, people have asked me, 'Do you think there should be a separate category for acting in the digital realm?… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
When I first did 'The Lord of the Rings,' I was acting on the set with the other actors, but then I… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I've always thought of acting as a tool to change society. I watch a lot of actors and I see panic in… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
[Greek] Theater started off and used masks and Kabuki, in the East, they used mask-work. And then, Commedia dell'arte in Italy and… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Performance capture is a genre of acting which is not going to go away, it's going to proliferate more and more. I'm… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
(The) process of acting is no different to conventional screen acting, in that it's providing a perfect interface between the director and… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
My first job when I got my equity card was acting in 14 plays back-to-back. Playing that many roles, you look for… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I think what traditional studios probably don't understand is that it's a genuine advancement in the actor's tradition. And you know, the… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I remember kind of doing early acting and thinking, 'God, they don't paint behind the sets.' It's a bit of a shame,… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
it's a weird thing with acting and it happens to a lot of actors, not just myself - it's like you're giving… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
My belief about performance capture is that it's a technology which allows actors to play extraordinary characters. But from an acting perspective,… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I love the whole kind of notion of transformation for me is (what) excites me about not only acting, but storytelling. I… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
At the moment, my trajectory isn't to think about acting. I'm absolutely devoted to The Imaginarium, our projects and directing. And watching… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
A lot of actors on film sets... very often they're not paying attention to the physical world around them. I think through… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Animators do amazing working translating and interpolating the characters [in the Planet of the apes], the facial performances. What we're creating on… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
It's really up to the acting community to be willing to be educated about what performance capture is in order to fully… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
People are mystified by it and so they kind of think, the acting community thinks they're gonna be replaced by CG characters… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
The process of acting is no different [playing human or ape]. You're embodying the character. You're creating the psychology and the physicality.… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
You don't go - oh this is a motion capture role, I'm going to employ this method of acting. We don't have… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
The fact of the matter is that an actor, if I'm playing a performance capture role and you're playing a live action… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
People find it hard to get their heads around nominating a computer-generated character, but every time you see Gollum on the screen,… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
My take is that acting is acting. A performance is a performance. With performance capture, if you don't get the performance on… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Acting is acting, as far as I'm concerned and, you know, how you manifest it is, at the end of the day,… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
In a personal way, to do with family and the father-son relationship, in a kind of artistic way with regard to him being an… — Andy Serkis Copy Share
Hoodwink is a product of his environment. He grew up in Belfast, he was part of the UDA and he fought for what he… — Andy Serkis Copy Share
Performance capture is a tool that young actors will need in the next 10, 20 years. It's on the increase, as you say. It's… — Andy Serkis Copy Share
I think that Gollum is really the character who is a very human character, and he's very flawed, like most humans are, and has… — Andy Serkis Copy Share
I'm quite contrary. If people agree on something, I tend to gravitate the other way by my nature. I don't like to be told… — Andy Serkis Copy Share
I do love nature, but I don't suppose I'd spent more time in zoos as a child than anyone else! — Andy Serkis Copy Share
When you start to do research into gorillas or any kind of apes, if you're going to play them, that's one of the biggest… — Andy Serkis Copy Share
I remember once, I read in a horoscope, because I'm an Aries, I read this terrible thing, which really affected me, which said, "You… — Andy Serkis Copy Share
It's really up to the acting community to be willing to be educated about what performance capture is in order to fully appreciate it… — Andy Serkis Copy Share
I love acting and certainly won't give it up, but it's part of a bigger canvas for me now. — Andy Serkis Copy Share
Rather than something like King Kong where I really went after studying gorillas in the wild and captivity. I based Caesar [ from the… — Andy Serkis Copy Share
On lower budget things you're still working collaboratively, but the investment and your level of creative importance is higher on something like this. — Andy Serkis Copy Share
Gollum is entirely based on the notion of addiction. The way that the ring pervades him, makes him craving, lustful, depletes him physically, psychologically… — Andy Serkis Copy Share
![“[Greek] Theater started off and used masks and Kabuki, in the East, they used mask-work. And then, Commedia dell'arte in Italy and then, you know, we're part of an acting tradition and, and performance capture is no different.” quote by Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/305/andy-serkis-1548_acting_greek-theater-started-off-and-used-masks_1017774.jpg)
![“Animators do amazing working translating and interpolating the characters [in the Planet of the apes], the facial performances. What we're creating on set - if you don't get it on the day, in the moment, on set, in front of the camera, with the director and the actors. The emotional content of the…” quote by Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/939/andy-serkis-1548_acting_animators-do-amazing-working-translating_1303787.jpg)
![“The process of acting is no different [playing human or ape]. You're embodying the character. You're creating the psychology and the physicality. You're living the moment.” quote by Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/950/andy-serkis-1548_acting_the-process-of-acting-is-no-different-pl_1407029.jpg)
