List of Andy Serkis Quotes

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.

My Belief About Performance Capture Is That It's A Technology Which Allows Actors To Play Extraordinary Characters. But From An Acting Perspective, I've Never Drawn A Distinction Between Playing A Conventional, Live Action Character And Playing A Role In A Performance Capture Suit. And From A Purely Acting Point-of-view, I Don't Believe There Should Be A Special Oscar Category Because I Think It Sort Of Muddies The Waters In A Way.

Second Films Are, You Know, Like 'difficult Second Albums', So It's A Tricky Position To Be In But I Think He's Made A Highly Accomplished Film.

On Lower Budget Things You're Still Working Collaboratively, But The Investment And Your Level Of Creative Importance Is Higher On Something Like This.

The Difference Between The Big Budget Films I've Done Is The Length Of Time. But In Terms Of The Day-to-day, You're Still Going On To Set, You're Getting Into Character, And You're Going And Doing Your Job, So There's Absolutely No Difference. It's Just The Structure Around It And The Length Of Time. But In Terms Of Budget And Money, It Doesn't Really Manifest Itself.

Working From Home Is So, So Hard Because I Want To Be Present For Them And Yet There's So Much To Do Work-wise. That's The Biggest Challenge For Me.

I'm Working From Home A Lot. That's Very Unusual Because I'm Away A Lot, Sometimes Working On The Other Side Of The World For Long Periods Of Time. So, It's Hard To Manage In The Sense That I Want To Be The Best Dad I Can Be But It's Almost Harder When You Have Your Kids Outside The Door.

I've Done A Fair Amount Of That Stuff... When We Did 'lord Of The Rings' The Transformation Sequence From Smeagol To Gollum Was A 19-hour Make-up Job. You Have To Have A Kind Of Zen Button That You Press And Allow The Mind To Be Focused In A Certain Way.

No Matter How Extreme Things Get, It Still Has That Ring Of Truth About It That Backs The Characters - Even Though They're Despicable And What They're Doing Isn't Right You Still Care For Their Fate.

I Love Playing Real Characters... If They're Not Around Anymore It's Helpful Because You Won't Get Sued! But There's So Much Research Involved And I Love That Part Of The Process.

My Sons Have To Learn That You Take The Rough With The Smooth And They've Seen A Lot Of Smooth In The Years That They've Been Around. They Didn't See The Early Years. But Both My Mum And Myself Are Actors And We Constantly Tell Them It's Not Easy. But They Understand That.

(the) Process Of Acting Is No Different To Conventional Screen Acting, In That It's Providing A Perfect Interface Between The Director And The Performer. So There's No Sort Of Long Way Around A Viral Committee Of Animators.