I think acting really helps as a director. It's just no question, because you totally understand the acting process. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I've always been really in touch with my primal instincts. In my profession, you have to be. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
You don't really think about 3D when you're acting. As a director, you do. — 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
J.J. Abrams is an all-time hero of mine, really lovely to be working with him. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I think I'd like to be a lion tamer, actually. That - that would provide the most audience entertainment if something went… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I think when actors run away from their work that they're slightly crazy, really! — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
You never really know why you become an actor: it's a visceral thing, an emotional thing. — 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
When you do animation - well, straightforward animation, although it's not straightforward - the voice for a character or something, they're always… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I think the actors in 'Greystoke' were amazing. They had a really good performance coach called Peter Elliott who's, of his time,… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Originally when I went off to work on 'The Lord of The Rings' I got a call from my agent saying that… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
There are parts of New Zealand that I absolutely fell in love with that I will miss going back to, but I… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I remember kind of doing early acting and thinking, 'God, they don't paint behind the sets.' It's a bit of a shame,… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
The process of performance capture really is transparent now. We're not having to shoot in special areas with performance capture cameras all… — 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,… — 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
I had a body wax. It's the most painful thing I have ever done in my life. I had every single hair… — 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
