Film Quotes by Andy Serkis

I'm definitely moving more towards directing now.

— Andy Serkis

I just directed The Jungle Book with Cate Blanchet and Christian Bale.

— Andy Serkis

Actors' performances do not stand alone in any film, live action or whatever.

— Andy Serkis

I'd already started directing short films when we were doing 'Lord of the Rings,' then videogame projects.

— Andy Serkis

35mm film isn't ticking away so it's subconscious - performances are allowed to breathe in a much more real way I think.

— Andy Serkis

But that's not what an actor does. An actor finds things in the moment with a director and other actors that you…

— Andy Serkis

'How To Train your Dragon 2' is an amazing film. I think it's an extraordinary film. The animation in it is fantastic.

— Andy Serkis

I think acting really helps as a director. It's just no question, because you totally understand the acting process.

— Andy Serkis

I'd like to think that we strive in film and theatre to tell great stories, and I believe in the power of…

— Andy Serkis

Second films are, you know, like 'difficult second albums', so it's a tricky position to be in but I think he's made…

— Andy Serkis

For film and games, there is now a fantastic method of actors portraying characters which don't necessarily look like themselves. And yet…

— Andy Serkis

I have a company in the U.K., a performance-capture studio. We're looking to push the boundaries of performance-capture technology in film and…

— Andy Serkis

I'd already started directing short films when we were doing 'Lord of the Rings,' then videogame projects. So Peter's known that I've…

— Andy Serkis

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

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

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

The reason that some motion-capture films don't work is if the scripts are not good, and the characters aren't engaging, then you…

— Andy Serkis

I'm in the early stages of a film called 'Freezing Time' about Eadweard Muybridge, the Victorian photographer who was really the forefather…

— Andy Serkis

When I'm working on the scripts or working with the other actors or rehearsing with the director, and when the director is…

— Andy Serkis

You could go so wrong with a 'Planet of the Apes' reboot; you could make it melodramatic, you could make it campy,…

— Andy Serkis

Did you happen to catch the film I did between 'Lord of the Rings' and 'Kong?' It was a nice little Jennifer…

— Andy Serkis

And 'Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll' was a very transitional film for me in that I was one of the…

— Andy Serkis

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

— Andy Serkis