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I think acting really helps as a director. It's just no question, because you totally understand the acting process. — Andy Serkis

Our family were outsiders, and I've always had a sense of the outsider, the underdog, and a strong sense of justice towards people who are excluded. — Andy Serkis

I think I spend most of my time not living in reality, actually. — Andy Serkis

I think I have a lot of internal energy, which does need to come out. — Andy Serkis

Nowadays, there's no such thing as a stable job. — Andy Serkis

I wanted to be a painter, really, when I was growing up as a kid. It was one thing that really took a grip on me. — Andy Serkis

Gollum's never really gone too far away from me because he's indelibly kind of printed into my DNA now, I think. — Andy Serkis

As soon as you do it, actors realize there is no difference playing a performance-captured role or a live-action role. — Andy Serkis

When we, as humans, articulate, our tongues tend to hit the back of the teeth. — Andy Serkis

Gollum is my picture of Dorian Gray. He will be with me for the rest of life, and I will grow to look more like him as I get older. — Andy Serkis

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?' — Andy Serkis

Mountaineering has always been a huge hobby of mine. — Andy Serkis

Both my parents are Catholic and staunch believers. I'm not a Catholic now, but I still carry part of it with me. — Andy Serkis

J.J. Abrams is an all-time hero of mine, really lovely to be working with him. — Andy Serkis

I love the ability to transform because that, for me, is a liberation. — Andy Serkis

For me, I've never drawn a distinction between live-action acting and performance-capture acting. It is purely a technology. — Andy Serkis

You'll very rarely find that you can enhance a performance to give it a real emotional centre and truth ... after the fact. — Andy Serkis

Any sort of role requires a certain amount of research and embodiment of the character and psychological investigation. — Andy Serkis

Gollum has a weak personality and isn't able to cope with the power of the ring. — Andy Serkis

Gollum is Gollum - though in 'Lord of the Rings' he's 600 years old and in 'The Hobbit' he's 540, so he looks a little bit more handsome. — Andy Serkis

Working from home is so, so hard because I want to be present for them and yet there's so much to do work-wise. That's the biggest challenge for me. — Andy Serkis

Performance capture is a technology, not a genre; it's just another way of recording an actor's performance. — Andy Serkis

I play saxophone, I play tenor sax. — Andy Serkis

I had a cat called Dizz, after Dizzy Gillespie. — Andy Serkis

I want to link together ancient forms of storytelling and the future. — Andy Serkis

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. — Andy Serkis

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. — Andy Serkis

I have a road bike and a mountain bike, and I tend to use them both a lot. They help you keep your balance and your stamina. — Andy Serkis

The thing is, I don't just take roles because they're performance capture. — Andy Serkis

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. — Andy Serkis

It has been great portraying Gollum, but it will be great to see my face on screen for a change. — Andy Serkis

Be magnificent. Life's short. Get out there. You can do it. Everyone can do it. Everyone. — Andy Serkis

Performance capture is a tool that young actors will need in the next 10, 20 years. It's on the increase, as you say. It's not going away. — Andy Serkis

Performance capture, for me, is finding the essence of a performance. — Andy Serkis

I am a bit evangelical, I know, but performance-capture is still misunderstood. — Andy Serkis

Gorilla tourism is vital to Rwanda's economy: It's the third highest source of income. — Andy Serkis

J.J. Abrams and I met, and we just had this incredible kind of vibe between us. — Andy Serkis

Just being an ape is a workout. — Andy Serkis

There's a huge gulf between people who can afford to go to drama school and those who can't. — Andy Serkis

Working with and collaborating with and for Peter Jackson was an incredible experience because he is such a phenomenal filmmaker. — Andy Serkis

I believe that when people experience an event as a community, it can transcend and change people's lives. — Andy Serkis

The great thing about performance capture is you can go off, and then, without changing costume, you can become another character. — Andy Serkis

The whole chameleon thing about acting. That's why I'm moving towards directing - it's a much more healthy occupation. — Andy Serkis

35mm film isn't ticking away so it's subconscious - performances are allowed to breathe in a much more real way I think. — Andy Serkis

My livelihood depends on the art of animators. — Andy Serkis

I'd already started directing short films when we were doing 'Lord of the Rings,' then videogame projects. — Andy Serkis

People used to say, 'Andy Serkis lent his movements to Gollum,' and now they say, 'Andy Serkis played Caesar.' That's a significant leap. — Andy Serkis

I'm definitely moving more towards directing now. — Andy Serkis

Before I became an actor, I was a visual artist, and I've always hankered for the storytelling behind the camera. — Andy Serkis

I do have anger management issues. Not clinical. Probably no more than most people. — Andy Serkis

I had a body wax. It's the most painful thing I have ever done in my life. I had every single hair on my body pulled out, and I really bruised. — Andy Serkis

Looking back, when I was Gollum, I suppose I did break the mold to a certain extent. I'm proud, and very thrilled, to be a part of that. — Andy Serkis

An actor finds things in the moment with a director and other actors that you don't have time to hand-draw or animate with a computer. — Andy Serkis

I've been on stage and been an actor for many years and used different mediums. — Andy Serkis

Games aren't going to go away. BAFTA's got a category for games as an art form. The Academy should think about that, too. — Andy Serkis

You can't just come up with an idea for a game and stick the drama on top. It all has to be one driving thrust. — Andy Serkis

Actors' performances do not stand alone in any film, live action or whatever. — Andy Serkis

'Macbeth' is an amazing story. — Andy Serkis

Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time. — Andy Serkis

I guess I just tend to feel at home wherever I go. — Andy Serkis

I think I'd like to be a lion tamer, actually. That - that would provide the most audience entertainment if something went really badly. — Andy Serkis

I think my mum wanted me to join the army or something, or become a surveyor - something with good career prospects. — Andy Serkis

You don't really think about 3D when you're acting. As a director, you do. — Andy Serkis

Playing a character in a video game is different to other performances because your character can't lead the audience of players in one direction. — Andy Serkis

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

If it was a great script and a great character, I would love to do a romantic comedy. — Andy Serkis

Acting is a sort of pressure cooker that allows the fizz to come out the top. God knows what I'd be like if I didn't have that. — Andy Serkis

I'm a shockingly bad sleeper. In bed very late. Awake at the crack of dawn. — 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. — Andy Serkis

Thank God for Skype! — Andy Serkis

As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything. — Andy Serkis

I think parenting is very different now. We're totally governed by our children! — Andy Serkis

Middle-earth is a universe I know very well. — Andy Serkis

As I started to research gorillas, I began to understand that they're all totally individual and idiosyncratic, and they have their own personalities. — Andy Serkis

A lot of people have asked me to do answer phone messages for them. — Andy Serkis

The fact of the matter is I have done so many parts. — Andy Serkis

I think when actors run away from their work that they're slightly crazy, really! — Andy Serkis

My father was interested in justice, always working for people who needed to be supported. — Andy Serkis

I've been writing and wanting to direct for a long time. — Andy Serkis

I grew up with 'Star Wars' and was a massive fan of the original films. — Andy Serkis

You never really know why you become an actor: it's a visceral thing, an emotional thing. — Andy Serkis

On 'The Avengers,' I've been working closely with Mark Ruffalo. — Andy Serkis

I don't want to play a voice. — Andy Serkis

It was a fairly happy childhood. My father was working away, and my mum brought up five kids all on her own. — Andy Serkis

I love acting and certainly won't give it up, but it's part of a bigger canvas for me now. — Andy Serkis

'How To Train your Dragon 2' is an amazing film. I think it's an extraordinary film. The animation in it is fantastic. — Andy Serkis

I think that Gollum is really the character who is a very human character, and he's very flawed, like most humans are, and has good and bad sides. — Andy Serkis

Certain gorillas are more evolved than certain human beings I know. — Andy Serkis

I've always been really in touch with my primal instincts. In my profession, you have to be. — Andy Serkis

When you have children, you realize that at the end, it's all about passing on, about handing down. — Andy Serkis

I do love nature, but I don't suppose I'd spent more time in zoos as a child than anyone else! — Andy Serkis

What's fantastic is that there's a real growing appreciation for performance-capture technology as a tool for acting. — Andy Serkis