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Andy Serkis
Andy Serkis
English Actor
Born: Apr 20, 1964
Actor Character Me People Think You
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Middle-earth is a universe I know very well. Andy Serkis
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My very, very first moment on set on 'Lord of the Rings' in 2000 was me in a lycra suit, six and a half thousand feet up on a mountain in New Zealand, standing in front of 250 crew who were all wondering what I was doing - myself included. Andy Serkis
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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. Andy Serkis
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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
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There are parts of New Zealand that I absolutely fell in love with that I will miss going back to, but I kind of think that is the part that can continue and will continue on. I don't imagine I'll stop going back to New Zealand, because I feel part of the fabric there, really. Andy Serkis
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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. Andy Serkis
Seen Enormous Allowed Talent Amount Flourish Here Britain
I've done a lot of films that are purely live-action roles, and even if I hadn't come across performance capture as a technology, I think I'd always consider myself a sort of mercurial actor. Andy Serkis
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If James Franco's wearing a costume, and I'm wearing a motion capture suit, we don't act any differently with each other because of what we're wearing. We're embodying our roles. Andy Serkis
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'Macbeth' is an amazing story. Andy Serkis
Amazing Macbeth Story
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
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My natural bent is to have an overabundance of energy, and motion-capture essentializes your every breath, your every move. Seeing yourself through that mask, you realize how far you can pull back and make the performance even more powerful. Andy Serkis
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You don't really think about 3D when you're acting. As a director, you do. Andy Serkis
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I've been on stage and been an actor for many years and used different mediums. Andy Serkis
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Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time. Andy Serkis
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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
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My livelihood depends on the art of animators. Andy Serkis
Art Animators Depends Livelihood
Just being an ape is a workout. Andy Serkis
Just Being Ape Workout
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
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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. Andy Serkis
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Recently I read that half the world or more has read 'The Lord of The Rings,' but then I found out that something like 75 per cent of the world knows the 'Tintin' books. Andy Serkis
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The thing is, I don't just take roles because they're performance capture. Andy Serkis
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Gollum was so interesting to me because he's morally ambivalent, and I love the notion of a quest that is to lose something. Not to gain, but to get rid of something. Andy Serkis
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What's wonderful about Tolkien and Shakespeare is that they show up your own individual microscope. They're so infinitely vast. You can reinterpret them in so many ways. Andy Serkis
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I don't see a difference between playing a performance capture role and a live action role, they're just characters to me at the end of the day and I'm an actor who wants to explore those characters in fantastically written scripts. The only caveat is a good story is a good character. Andy Serkis
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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! Andy Serkis
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As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything. Andy Serkis
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