Andy Serkis Quotes
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.
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I think computer science, by and large, is still stuck in the Modern age.
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I never wear matching socks. It's kind of a thing that I have!
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I had been playing really interesting roles before I got great roles. Little ones - 'The Crying Game' I loved working on, and then 'Bird,' 'Ghost Dog,' so many films.
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I'm not really a fan of Valentine's Day. I think it can be romantic doing nothing on Valentine's Day. It's more romantic than being given a big bunch of flowers that everyone else is doing.
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The goal in life is to be solid, whereas the way that life works is totally fluid, so you can never actually achieve that goal.
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Muzzle a dog and he will bark out of the other end.
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I did every job under the sun from bartending to ushering to temping.
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There's a pleasure in being reminded of the value of ordinary life.
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I love ice cream, and I love chocolate.
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We need to take music out of the ivory tower - both for musicians and for the public. Otherwise, classical music will not survive the 21st century.
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I'm not small, I'm space-efficient.
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Give a talk to children and tell them dinosaurs didn't drag their tails, and you get arguments.
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I'd love to have William Faulkner, Beethoven and Bach over. I want to find out what makes those guys tick!
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My reaction to everything in life is when it gets a bit complicated to water it down and make it simple again.
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It takes people a while to trust you.
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I'm just kind of fascinated by how we can deny that we are animals and what our impact on the other animals is like, and how quixotic we can be in trying to assess what we've done in trying to correct it.
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I think that haredi children should study the core subjects and that their parents must work, and I believe that there are many haredim who think like me and would be glad to discover that someone is fighting the radical functionaries and rabbis who embitter their lives.
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I am an arm hitter. When you snap the bat with your wrists just as you meet the ball, you give the bat tremendous speed for a few inches of its course. The speed with which the bat meets the ball is the thing that counts.
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My father... removed from Kentucky to... Indiana, in my eighth year... It was a wild region, with many bears and other wild animals still in the woods. There I grew up... Of course when I came of age, I did not know much. Still somehow, I could read, write, and cipher... but that was all.
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People don't very much like things that are beautiful - they are so far from their nasty little minds.
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Until I really dealt with a lot of the demons in my life - the fear and self-doubt and unresolved issues with my old man - I could never feel fulfilled and happy. I would wake up in the morning and feel bad.
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I would say for our straight allies, your job is to listen and not judge. Then, listen and not act.
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Probably the No. 1 most important thing in my music is not to sound like anyone else. It is hard in this day and age.
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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.
