There Is Always That Potential In The

The Process Of Acting Is No Different [playing Human Or Ape]. You're Embodying The Character. You're Creating The Psychology And The Physicality. You're Living The Moment.

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.

For Me, I've Never Drawn A Distinction Between Live-action Acting And Performance-capture Acting. It Is Purely A Technology.

People Think, 'oh, Well How Can 'the Hobbit,' Which Is One Book, Become Three Films?' But You Can Take One Line From An Appendice And It Turns Into A Whole Sequence.

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.