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
It was a fairly happy childhood. My father was working away, and my mum brought up five kids all on her own. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
I grew up with 'Star Wars' and was a massive fan of the original films. — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
You can't just come up with an idea for a game and stick the drama on top. It all has to be… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
And 'Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll' was a very transitional film for me in that I was one of the… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
What's wonderful about Tolkien and Shakespeare is that they show up your own individual microscope. They're so infinitely vast. You can reinterpret… — 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
I'm a Mac user. I think it depends on how you were brought up, and I was introduced to Apple quite early.… — Andy Serkis Copy Share Image
If you're in a motion-capture studio, you have spherical, reflective markers, which are picked up by cameras that emit infrared - it… — 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
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
That's why I ended up going to Lancaster University, because they had a visual arts course, and in the first year it… — 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
When I played Gollum in 'Lord of the Rings,' if I was climbing up the side of a mountain, which I physically… — 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
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
![“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)