Rather than something like King Kong where I really went after studying gorillas in the wild and captivity. I based Caesar [… — 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
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
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
You could go so wrong with a 'Planet of the Apes' reboot; you could make it melodramatic, you could make it campy,… — 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
Put it this way: If I had to go back to 1968 and wear the makeup that John Chambers made for the… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
When I first was offered the role on Rise [of the Planet of the Apes], I always played Caesar as a human… — 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
![“Rather than something like King Kong where I really went after studying gorillas in the wild and captivity. I based Caesar [ from the Rise of the Planet of the Apes] on a real chimpanzee and I worked with Terry [Notary] on a lot of chimpanzee movement.” quote by Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/f09/andy-serkis-1548_apes_rather-than-something-like-king-kong-whe_234956.jpg)
![“Caesar [from the Rise of the Planet of the Apes] was brought up with human beings and because of the drug he had pretty much grown up with his whole life, he felt like an outsider, he felt trapped in an ape's body but he didn't really feel like an ape and that was my way into the character. So…” quote by Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/1f9/andy-serkis-1548_apes_caesar-from-the-rise-of-the-planet-of-th_577142.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)
![“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)
![“There's this whole grey area seemingly every time it's talked about animators and who takes ultimate responsibility for the characters [of the Planet of the apes] but without question and I'll go down saying this year after year, these characters are authored by what we do on set. They are not…” quote by Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/3c3/andy-serkis-1548_animator_there-s-this-whole-grey-area-seemingly-e_2543632.jpg)
![“When I first was offered the role on Rise [of the Planet of the Apes], I always played Caesar as a human being within ape skin.” quote by Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/85a/andy-serkis-1548_apes_when-i-first-was-offered-the-role-on-ris_3015417.jpg)
