I've Done A Fair Amount Of That

I Think Even Back As Far As 'lord Of The Rings,' There Was Always The Chance That 'the Hobbit' Would Be Made, Even Way Back Then. Of Course At That Point, Peter Jackson Didn't Probably Think At That Point That He'd Be Directing It.

We've Never Had Nannies. We've Had Great Grandparents, Great Support From Family, And The Kids Have Been On Every Set: They've Seen Me Play Gollum, King Kong, Captain Haddock, The Lot. They Totally Get It, And They Want To Go Into The Business. Ruby, My Daughter, Is Very Keen To Become An Actress.

We're Live In A World That Has, In Many Ways, Become Desensitized And Unable To Empathize With Other Cultures And Species. The Dangerous Part Is That We Objectify Others And Have Somehow Removed Ourselves, Mentally, From The Very Planet We Inhabit.

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 Misconceptions. And When I Did Kong, You're Not Doing Gorilla Movements, You're Not Doing Ape Movements, You're Looking For A Personality. It's Like Saying Okay I'm Going To Do Human Movements.

Mountaineering Has Always Been A Huge Hobby Of Mine.