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Character Quotes by Andy Serkis

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Andy Serkis talks about how Gollum feels like a very human, flawed character, and how performance capture lets him jump into any role without changing costume. He reflects on his moral compass while playing, and believes that strong acting chops let an actor live the full emotional arc of a character from start to finish.

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When you come out of the other end of a long process, working with a character [you realize] this character has really…

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As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything.

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Any sort of role requires a certain amount of research and embodiment of the character and psychological investigation.

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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…

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Playing a character in a video game is different to other performances because your character can't lead the audience of players in…

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If you are not moved by the character, no amount of CGI will give you a performance that is emotionally engaging or…

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I do listen to myself sometimes and think, 'Is my moral compass so easily swayed by the characters I play, or is…

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The art of transformation is a very important thing to me, and I always believe I can say something more truthful through…

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I'm not a big gamer myself. I've (become) increasingly interested in games. And I certainly am passionate about, about storytelling in gaming.…

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When I was in theater I was forever trying to inhabit a space which puts yourself under the microscope as an actor…

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Originally, I thought, 'Gollum's such a fantastic character, why are you doing him CG? Surely you need to be able to humanise…

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There's this whole grey area seemingly every time it's talked about animators and who takes ultimate responsibility for the characters [of the…

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What you can do with visual effects is enhance the look of the character, but the actual integrity of the emotional performance…

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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…

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I don't see a difference between playing a performance capture role and a live action role, they're just characters to me at…

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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…

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I have a great interest in Victorian musical & cabaret performances and Weimar artists so the references are there, to Cabaret and…

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I love the whole kind of notion of transformation for me is (what) excites me about not only acting, but storytelling. I…

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I was thinking about that. I was thinking, this is like our Boyhood; this is like our getting together over 12 years…

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My belief about performance capture is that it's a technology which allows actors to play extraordinary characters. But from an acting perspective,…

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Caesar [from the Rise of the Planet of the Apes] was brought up with human beings and because of the drug he…

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I love, first of all, reading and discovering what the common perception is and then trying to figure out... well, how does…

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After 'Kong,' my knuckles have never recovered because I had to wear very heavy weights on my forearms and around my hips…

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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…

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The great thing about performance capture is you can go off, and then, without changing costume, you can become another character.

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I think that Gollum is really the character who is a very human character, and he's very flawed, like most humans are,…

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If it was a great script and a great character, I would love to do a romantic comedy.

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People find it hard to get their heads around nominating a computer-generated character, but every time you see Gollum on the screen,…

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When you do animation - well, straightforward animation, although it's not straightforward - the voice for a character or something, they're always…

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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…

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Originally when I went off to work on 'The Lord of The Rings' I got a call from my agent saying that…

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It's a really unique situation where you just - you make independent films or you make big blockbuster movies, but it's very…

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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…

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People are mystified by it and so they kind of think, the acting community thinks they're gonna be replaced by CG characters…

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The process of acting is no different [playing human or ape]. You're embodying the character. You're creating the psychology and the physicality.…

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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…

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Animators do amazing working translating and interpolating the characters [in the Planet of the apes], the facial performances. What we're creating on…

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No matter how extreme things get, it still has that ring of truth about it that backs the characters - even though…

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I think I have a lot of internal energy, which does need to come out.

Hoodwink is a product of his environment. He grew up in Belfast, he was part of the UDA and he fought for what he…

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…

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…

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…

I do love nature, but I don't suppose I'd spent more time in zoos as a child than anyone else!

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…

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…

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…

I love acting and certainly won't give it up, but it's part of a bigger canvas for me now.

Rather than something like King Kong where I really went after studying gorillas in the wild and captivity. I based Caesar [ from the…

On lower budget things you're still working collaboratively, but the investment and your level of creative importance is higher on something like this.

Gollum is entirely based on the notion of addiction. The way that the ring pervades him, makes him craving, lustful, depletes him physically, psychologically…

I'm definitely moving more towards directing now.