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title: "2 Baghdad Quotes By Andy Serkis"
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> [I stayed in Baghdad every summer until I was 14. My dad's sister is still there, but many of my relatives have managed to get out. People forget that there are still people there who are not radicalized in any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-serkis/i-stayed-in-baghdad-every-summer-until-i-was-14-my-dad-s-sister-is/)

[Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-serkis/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c2e/andy-serkis-1548_baghdad_i-stayed-in-baghdad-every-summer-until-i_2103673.jpg)

> [My dad was working abroad, in Iraq, and he was a doctor. We used to go and visit him, in Baghdad, off and on. For the first ten years of my life, we used to go backwards and forwards to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-serkis/my-dad-was-working-abroad-in-iraq-and-he-was-a-doctor-we-used-to-go/)

[Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-serkis/)

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## Other authors on Baghdad

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b018/author-mohammed-saeed-alsahaf-68860.jpg) Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf 40 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/baghdad/mohammed-saeed-al-sahaf/)

## More by Andy Serkis

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-serkis/in-a-personal-way-to-do-with-family-and-the-father-son-relationship/)

[Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-serkis/)

> [I think I have a lot of internal energy, which does need to come out.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-serkis/i-think-i-have-a-lot-of-internal-energy-which-does-need-to-come-out/)

[Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-serkis/)

> [Hoodwink is a product of his environment. He grew up in Belfast, he was part of the UDA and he fought for what he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-serkis/hoodwink-is-a-product-of-his-environment-he-grew-up-in-belfast-he-was/)

[Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-serkis/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-serkis/performance-capture-is-a-tool-that-young-actors-will-need-in-the-next/)

[Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-serkis/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-serkis/i-think-that-gollum-is-really-the-character-who-is-a-very-human/)

[Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-serkis/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-serkis/i-m-quite-contrary-if-people-agree-on-something-i-tend-to-gravitate/)

[Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-serkis/)

> [I do love nature, but I don't suppose I'd spent more time in zoos as a child than anyone else!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-serkis/i-do-love-nature-but-i-don-t-suppose-i-d-spent-more-time-in-zoos-as-a/)

[Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-serkis/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-serkis/when-you-start-to-do-research-into-gorillas-or-any-kind-of-apes-if/)

[Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-serkis/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-serkis/i-remember-once-i-read-in-a-horoscope-because-i-m-an-aries-i-read/)

[Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-serkis/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-serkis/it-s-really-up-to-the-acting-community-to-be-willing-to-be-educated/)

[Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-serkis/)

> [I love acting and certainly won't give it up, but it's part of a bigger canvas for me now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-serkis/i-love-acting-and-certainly-won-t-give-it-up-but-it-s-part-of-a/)

[Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-serkis/)

> [Rather than something like King Kong where I really went after studying gorillas in the wild and captivity. I based Caesar \[ from the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-serkis/rather-than-something-like-king-kong-where-i-really-went-after/)

[Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-serkis/)

> [On lower budget things you're still working collaboratively, but the investment and your level of creative importance is higher on something like this.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-serkis/on-lower-budget-things-you-re-still-working-collaboratively-but-the/)

[Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-serkis/)

> [Gollum is entirely based on the notion of addiction. The way that the ring pervades him, makes him craving, lustful, depletes him physically, psychologically…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-serkis/gollum-is-entirely-based-on-the-notion-of-addiction-the-way-that-the/)

[Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-serkis/)

> [I'm definitely moving more towards directing now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andy-serkis/i-m-definitely-moving-more-towards-directing-now/)

[Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andy-serkis/)

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