Andy Serkis Quotes
Everybody thinks performance capture is about thrashing around and doing a lots of movement, but it's actually about being able to contain and think and be believed in a close-up, as much as anything else.
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Some things are so tragic that you don't know what's funny in it, and some things are so ridiculous you don't know if it's worth talking about it.
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Imperfection is perfection.
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I converse with my dog through ESP.
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I shouldn't say this, but I always love the sidekicks. I want to do a leading-lady role in a film - absolutely. But I find that a lot of times I get attracted to the sidekick role. They stand out a little more because they're quirkier, they're funnier, they're crazier.
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I think every job I do, I sort of look for the challenge in. I mean, that's why we do this job. It's not, you know, obviously not for the money or for the fame, it's for, I guess finding out more about yourself.
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I was in graduate school. I had a birth control accident and went to get the morning after pill.
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In Hollywood they're getting younger, but believe me, it's not the food. It's the plastic surgery.
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Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery.
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To give pain is the tyranny; to make happy, the true empire of beauty.
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I had almost three acres of land in Beverly Hills. And I had a big atrium of chickens because I love that feeling of being in the country and living from the soil.
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I've always had this sneaking suspicion that I get a kick out of the insecurity.
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For me to go to a restaurant and eat something that is not only good, but totally new, is a double thrill. Double the enjoyment.
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Poor people have more fun than rich people, they say; and I notice it's the rich people who keep saying it.
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I begin a book with imagery, more than I do with an idea or a character. Some kind of poetic image.
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We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA Patriot Act is a terrorist, and that the only way to preserve our freedom is to hand it over to the government for safekeeping.
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I think, for any actor, dealing with the paranormal is intriguing.
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The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.
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Women are just much better at getting degrees than men. It seems that school at every level plays to the natural strengths of women more than it does to men.
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Most pumpkin dishes involve scooping out the seeds, cutting off the skin, and chopping up the flesh before cooking.
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Rock 'n' roll... but I also like sporting events a lot. I love Mike Piazza.
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Thank God for the potholes on memory lane.
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I don't think human beings have changed in 2,000 years.
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Everybody thinks performance capture is about thrashing around and doing a lots of movement, but it's actually about being able to contain and think and be believed in a close-up, as much as anything else.
