Gollum was so interesting to me because he's morally ambivalent, and I love the notion of a quest that is to lose… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I think my mum wanted me to join the army or something, or become a surveyor - something with good career prospects. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Gollum is my picture of Dorian Gray. He will be with me for the rest of life, and I will grow to… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Both my parents are Catholic and staunch believers. I'm not a Catholic now, but I still carry part of it with me. — 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
Yeah, I mean, climbing's always been a massive hobby of mine up until, kind of, recent times when I've had family, but… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
My very, very first moment on set on 'Lord of the Rings' in 2000 was me in a lycra suit, six and… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Climbing's always been a massive hobby of mine up until, kind of, recent times when I've had family, but no, it's been… — 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
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
Over the years, people have asked me, 'Do you think there should be a separate category for acting in the digital realm?… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I love the ability to transform because that, for me, is a liberation. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I wanted to be a painter, really, when I was growing up as a kid. It was one thing that really took… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
'The Hobbit' was one of the first biggish books I ever read. I remember vividly the 'riddles in the dark' passage, and… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
If I hear someone say something, and they're 100 per cent about it, then it's almost inevitable that I'll take the opposite… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
People will come up to me and try and be secretive and say, 'Can you do the Gollum voice for me?' And… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Gollum's never really gone too far away from me because he's indelibly kind of printed into my DNA now, I think. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
For me, I've never drawn a distinction between live-action acting and performance-capture acting. It is purely a technology. — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
