Andy Serkis Quotes
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I'd already started directing short films when we were doing 'Lord of the Rings,' then videogame projects.
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In performance capture roles, it's not a committee of animators that author the role, it's the actor. I think that's a significant thing for people to understand.
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Before I became an actor, I was a visual artist, and I've always hankered for the storytelling behind the camera.
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I expect at some point I'll probably want to go back on stage and do some theater, because I've not done theater in 10 years.
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Britain has enormous amount of talent, as we've seen from the BAFTAs. It's all here, and it has to be allowed to flourish.
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I don't want to play a voice.
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I grew up with 'Star Wars' and was a massive fan of the original films.
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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.
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Gorillas have a belch vocalization, which is sort of like, 'I'm OK, you're OK.' They do a pig grunt, which is reprimanding. They sing, they laugh, and they hoot, which grows into a chest-beating display.
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My livelihood depends on the art of animators.
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I'd like to think that we strive in film and theatre to tell great stories, and I believe in the power of storytelling in our culture.
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Originally, I thought, 'Gollum's such a fantastic character, why are you doing him CG? Surely you need to be able to humanise him as much as possible - he's so full of pathos and real emotion.'
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I do listen to myself sometimes and think, 'Is my moral compass so easily swayed by the characters I play, or is it me growing as a human being?'
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As I started to research gorillas, I began to understand that they're all totally individual and idiosyncratic, and they have their own personalities.
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I had to relearn how to ride a horse like an ape. I had to change how I jumped off and how I gripped them with my thighs and distribute my weight differently.
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I've been told that some guy wrote something like, 'Andy Serkis does everything, animators do nothing.' Of course I never in a million years said that, wouldn't ever say that. It's not within my understanding of filmmaking to ever say anything like that.
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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.
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I do love nature, but I don't suppose I'd spent more time in zoos as a child than anyone else!
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Be magnificent. Life's short. Get out there. You can do it. Everyone can do it. Everyone.
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I think Caesar is one of the most empathetic characters that I've played. I think that's the key to a successful leadership. Being able to keep your ears open at all times.
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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.
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You don't really think about 3D when you're acting. As a director, you do.
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Nowadays, there's no such thing as a stable job.
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The fact of the matter is I have done so many parts.