If you are not moved by the character, no amount of CGI will give you a performance that is emotionally engaging or… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I do listen to myself sometimes and think, 'Is my moral compass so easily swayed by the characters I play, or is… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Playing a character in a video game is different to other performances because your character can't lead the audience of players in… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I've always been a huge fan of Charles Lawton's performance in 'The Hunchback of Notre Dame,' so somewhere along the line, I've… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
When you come out of the other end of a long process, working with a character [you realize] this character has really… — 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
Any sort of role requires a certain amount of research and embodiment of the character and psychological investigation. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I think that Gollum is really the character who is a very human character, and he's very flawed, like most humans are,… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I don't see a difference between playing a performance capture role and a live action role, they're just characters to me at… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I suppose the biggest strain was that Hoodwink is a high-octane character and he's up there like all the time. Once he's… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Originally, I thought, 'Gollum's such a fantastic character, why are you doing him CG? Surely you need to be able to humanise… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
There's this whole grey area seemingly every time it's talked about animators and who takes ultimate responsibility for the characters [of the… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
What you can do with visual effects is enhance the look of the character, but the actual integrity of the emotional performance… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
In 'Tintin,' it's like a live-action role. You're living and breathing and making decisions for that character from page 1 to page… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I'm not a big gamer myself. I've (become) increasingly interested in games. And I certainly am passionate about, about storytelling in gaming.… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
When I was in theater I was forever trying to inhabit a space which puts yourself under the microscope as an actor… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Caesar [from the Rise of the Planet of the Apes] was brought up with human beings and because of the drug he… — 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 have a great interest in Victorian musical & cabaret performances and Weimar artists so the references are there, to Cabaret and… — 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
I was thinking about that. I was thinking, this is like our Boyhood; this is like our getting together over 12 years… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
After 'Kong,' my knuckles have never recovered because I had to wear very heavy weights on my forearms and around my hips… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
The difference between the big budget films I've done is the length of time. But in terms of the day-to-day, you're still… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I love, first of all, reading and discovering what the common perception is and then trying to figure out... well, how does… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
If it was a great script and a great character, I would love to do a romantic comedy. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
The great thing about performance capture is you can go off, and then, without changing costume, you can become another character. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
The art of transformation is a very important thing to me, and I always believe I can say something more truthful through… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
There is always that potential in the same way - Roddy McDowall ended up playing Cornelius to Caesar [in the Planet of… — 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
No matter how extreme things get, it still has that ring of truth about it that backs the characters - even though… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Basically we're puppeteers and if you're there and you're in the character, the puppet is going to look good. It's going to… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
It's a really unique situation where you just - you make independent films or you make big blockbuster movies, but it's very… — 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
Originally when I went off to work on 'The Lord of The Rings' I got a call from my agent saying that… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I love playing real characters... if they're not around anymore it's helpful because you won't get sued! But there's so much research… — 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
When you do animation - well, straightforward animation, although it's not straightforward - the voice for a character or something, they're always… — 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
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![“There is always that potential in the same way - Roddy McDowall ended up playing Cornelius to Caesar [in the Planet of the Apes]. Two different characters. That's the joy of the craft. Bring it on I say.” quote by Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/d60/andy-serkis-1548_apes_there-is-always-that-potential-in-the-sa_2314892.jpg)
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