Originally when I went off to work on 'The Lord of The Rings' I got a call from my agent saying that I was just going to do a voice. But I couldn't really approach it like that. To get Gollum's voice I had to play the character. Andy Serkis More Quotes by Andy Serkis More Quotes From 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 littles looks years 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 voice want years But I think there's something wonderful and extraordinary about climbing on your own and just that kind of relationship to the environment. I'm very addicted to the mountains. You know, so, I do like that solitude. Andy Serkis climbing solitude thinking 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 theatre believe thinking I love acting and certainly won't give it up, but it's part of a bigger canvas for me now. Andy Serkis canvas acting giving I understand why people went nuts for 'The Artist.' We use words so much, it's nice to be able to explore a different way of communication, to be able to express silently what someone - or something - is thinking or feeling. Andy Serkis communication nice artist I believe that when people experience an event as a community it can transcend and change people's lives. Andy Serkis community believe people I'd already started directing short films when we were doing 'Lord of the Rings,' then videogame projects. So Peter's known that I've been heading towards directing for a long time. But I always thought my first outing would be a couple of people and a digital camera in the back streets of London somewhere! Andy Serkis couple long people 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 done want years Mountaineering has always been a huge hobby of mine. Andy Serkis mountaineering hobbies huge 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 god-knows acting pressure There are no rhymes or reason, actually. Having said that, you know, cause there are people who are absolutely single-minded about their process and they can still come up with great work. But (what) I enjoy and it's the same, I suppose, as I became more of a family man, I enjoy, I enjoy an atmosphere where it, you know, doesn't have to be about conflict to get good results. Andy Serkis atmosphere men people 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 going-away years needs Performance capture is a technology, not a genre; it's just another way of recording an actor's performance. Andy Serkis technology actors way I'd already started directing short films when we were doing 'Lord of the Rings,' then videogame projects. Andy Serkis projects film lord I love the whole kind of notion of transformation for me is (what) excites me about not only acting, but storytelling. I love, I love that notion of a slightly larger-than-life artistic truth, you know, magnifying real emotional truth (or) finding something about human condition (which), you wouldn't necessarily think you can learn from characters such as Kong or Gollum, but actually they are, you know, these huge amplifications of a human psyche and I suppose those kind of roles have always attracted me definitely. Andy Serkis emotional real character The wonderful thing about 48 fps is the integration of live action and CG elements; that is something I learned from 'The Hobbit.' We are so used to 24 fps and the romance of celluloid but at 48 fps, you cannot deny the existence of these CG creations in the same time frame and space and environment as the live action. Andy Serkis romance elements space 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 painter growing-up kids 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 one-direction player character I have a great interest in Victorian musical & cabaret performances and Weimar artists so the references are there, to Cabaret and also All That Jazz and other films where, where there's a kind of (influential German playwright Bertolt) Brecht-ian approach, almost to the character standing outside of himself or, in this case, he's "self-séance-ing." Andy Serkis artist self character
