I've Always Thought Of Acting As A

My Agent Told Me They Were Casting For The Voice Of Gollum. I Hadnt Read The Lord Of The Rings, But I Read The Script And Realized What An Amazing Role It Was. I Developed A Voice For The Audition Tape, Then Met Peter Jackson And Fran Walsh At The Auditions And Fell In Love With Them Both.

I Think There Will Always Be A Particular Generation Of Actors Who Think That They're Going To Be Replaced By Robots. But Certainly The Emerging Actors Understand That That's Part Of The Craft.

I'm Definitely Moving More Towards Directing Now.

Performance Capture Is A Genre Of Acting Which Is Not Going To Go Away, It's Going To Proliferate More And More. I'm Passionate About It, And I Love It. It's The Most Liberating Tool An Actor Has, Because You Are Not Limited By Your Own Physicality, Look, Or Color Of Your Eyes.

In 'tintin,' It's Like A Live-action Role. You're Living And Breathing And Making Decisions For That Character From Page 1 To Page 120, The Whole Emotional Arc. In An Animated Movie, It's A Committee Decision. There Are 50 People Creating That Character. You're Responsible For A Small Part.