The thing is, I don't just take roles because they're performance capture. — 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
My first job when I got my equity card was acting in 14 plays back-to-back. Playing that many roles, you look for… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
My agent told me they were casting for the voice of Gollum. I hadnt read The Lord of the Rings, but I… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
If James Franco's wearing a costume, and I'm wearing a motion capture suit, we don't act any differently with each other because… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
You don't go - oh this is a motion capture role, I'm going to employ this method of acting. We don't have… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
More and more good actors are now transmigrating into the videogame space and playing roles there because it's where my generation of… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I love the whole kind of notion of transformation for me is (what) excites me about not only acting, but storytelling. I… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I mean, in many ways, you know, I felt very connected to Ian (Dury) on, on a lot of levels. I mean,… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I've done a lot of films that are purely live-action roles, and even if I hadn't come across performance capture as a… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
When I first was offered the role on Rise [of the Planet of the Apes], I always played Caesar as a human… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
The matter is - we are actors playing roles [in Planet Apes] and they happen to be in this instance apes but… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
In performance capture roles, it's not a committee of animators that author the role, it's the actor. I think that's a significant… — 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
![“When I first was offered the role on Rise [of the Planet of the Apes], I always played Caesar as a human being within ape skin.” quote by Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/85a/andy-serkis-1548_apes_when-i-first-was-offered-the-role-on-ris_3015417.jpg)
![“The matter is - we are actors playing roles [in Planet Apes] and they happen to be in this instance apes but there's no difference. In the scenes that we're playing, if we were to block out the scenes as actors in costumes, it would be no different.” quote by Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/e8f/andy-serkis-1548_actors_the-matter-is-we-are-actors-playing-role_2446384.jpg)
![“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 will never be original. You will always be an interpreter." (Laughs) I thought, "Oh my God." You know, I had to live with that on my back for [all my life].” quote by Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/745/andy-serkis-1548_affected_i-remember-once-i-read-in-a-horoscope-be_196174.jpg)
![“Rather than something like King Kong where I really went after studying gorillas in the wild and captivity. I based Caesar [ from the Rise of the Planet of the Apes] on a real chimpanzee and I worked with Terry [Notary] on a lot of chimpanzee movement.” quote by Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f09/andy-serkis-1548_apes_rather-than-something-like-king-kong-whe_234956.jpg)