282 Quotes by Andy Serkis

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.

I suppose the biggest strain was that Hoodwink is a high-octane character and he’s up there like all the time. Once he’s on his journey there’s no let up for the man, so I actually found it a massively exhausting job to keep that level up.

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.

On lower budget things you’re still working collaboratively, but the investment and your level of creative importance is higher on something like this.

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.

Gorillas are still wild creatures. That’s made very clear when you observe them in nature. They charge and perform other displays that are terrifying by design. But they don’t attack unless they feel threatened.

When you have children, you realize that at the end it’s all about passing on, about handing down. The process of letting go, not attachment, but appreciating the beauty and value in the change, the transformation.

My take is that acting is acting. A performance is a performance. With performance capture, if you don’t get the performance on the day, you can’t enhance the performance.

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.