An actor finds things in the moment with a director and other actors that you don't have time to hand-draw or animate… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Performance capture is a technology, not a genre; it's just another way of recording an actor's performance. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Before I became an actor, I was a visual artist, and I've always hankered for the storytelling behind the camera. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
As soon as you do it, actors realize there is no difference playing a performance-captured role or a live-action role. — 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
I expect at some point I'll probably want to go back on stage and do some theater, because I've not done theater… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
There's a huge gulf between people who can afford to go to drama school and those who can't. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Every age has its storytelling form, and video gaming is a huge part of our culture. You can ignore or embrace video… — 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
The fact of the matter is that an actor, if I'm playing a performance capture role and you're playing a live action… — 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'm in the early stages of a film called 'Freezing Time' about Eadweard Muybridge, the Victorian photographer who was really the forefather… — 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
I think what traditional studios probably don't understand is that it's a genuine advancement in the actor's tradition. And you know, the… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
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 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… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Working with people you adore and love. There's just a sense, all the way through all of the movies [Planet of Apes],… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
At the moment, my trajectory isn't to think about acting. I'm absolutely devoted to The Imaginarium, our projects and directing. And watching… — 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… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
My belief about performance capture is that it's a technology which allows actors to play extraordinary characters. But from an acting perspective,… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
I've been on stage and been an actor for many years and used different mediums. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Actors' performances do not stand alone in any film, live action or whatever. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I think there will always be a particular generation of actors who... think that they're going to be replaced by robots. But… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Great actors like Willem Dafoe and Ellen Page and Samuel L. Jackson will go and do a videogame, because they understand that… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
[Greek] Theater started off and used masks and Kabuki, in the East, they used mask-work. And then, Commedia dell'arte in Italy and… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
When I was in theater I was forever trying to inhabit a space which puts yourself under the microscope as an actor… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
Performance capture is a genre of acting which is not going to go away, it's going to proliferate more and more. I'm… — 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
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
I've always thought of acting as a tool to change society. I watch a lot of actors and I see panic in… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
Actors' performances in films are enhanced in a million different ways, down to the choice of camera shot by the director -… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
When I first did 'The Lord of the Rings,' I was acting on the set with the other actors, but then I… — 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
![“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)
![“Working with people you adore and love. There's just a sense, all the way through all of the movies [Planet of Apes], that you're very rarely in a position where you have great material that you're passionate about and a big audience who love it, and the detail and nuance, and the exquisiteness of…” quote by Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/a58/andy-serkis-1548_actors_working-with-people-you-adore-and-love-t_1016696.jpg)
![“[Greek] Theater started off and used masks and Kabuki, in the East, they used mask-work. And then, Commedia dell'arte in Italy and then, you know, we're part of an acting tradition and, and performance capture is no different.” quote by Andy Serkis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/305/andy-serkis-1548_acting_greek-theater-started-off-and-used-masks_1017774.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)