282 Quotes by 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.

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. Each age will have its own resonance with Lord of the Rings.

No matter how extreme things get, it still has that ring of truth about it that backs the characters – even though they’re despicable and what they’re doing isn’t right you still care for their fate.

The learning curve is ‘The Hobbit’ is being shot in 3D.

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.

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.

I’ve been writing and wanting to direct for a long time.

I’d already started directing short films when we were doing ‘Lord of the Rings,’ then videogame projects.

For film and games, there is now a fantastic method of actors portraying characters which don’t necessarily look like themselves. And yet you’ve still got the heart and soul of the performance.