Andy Serkis quotes - page 3

Andy Serkis is an English actor, director, and producer, widely recognized for his pioneering work in motion-capture performance. His roles as Gollum in "The Lord of the Rings" and Caesar in "Planet of the Apes" have set new standards in digital acting. He continues to inspire the film industry with his creativity and technological innovation. Here are 63 of his quotes:

Not a day goes by where I'm not reminded of Gollum by some person in the street who asks me to do his voice or wants to talk to me about him. But because 'The Hobbit' has been talked about as a project for many years, I knew that at some point I'd have to reengage with him.

Andy Serkis

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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I'm definitely moving more towards directing now.

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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.

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The learning curve is 'The Hobbit' is being shot in 3D.

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What you can do with visual effects is enhance the look of the character, but the actual integrity of the emotional performance and the way the character's facial expressions work, that is what is going to be created on the day with other actors and the director.

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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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I'm in the early stages of a film called 'Freezing Time' about Eadweard Muybridge, the Victorian photographer who was really the forefather of cinema. Digital animators still treat his images like the Bible. He was a very obsessed man.

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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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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've always thought of acting as a tool to change society. I watch a lot of actors and I see panic in their eyes because they don't know why they act and I know why I act. Whether I'm a good or a bad actor, I know why I do it.

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