282 Quotes by Andy Serkis

I think he (director, Peter Jackson) was originally going to have Kong kill Lumpy. Instead he gave me a role who finally gets devoured by computer graphics ? I don't know whether that is a comment or not.

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.

I would love to direct an 'Apes' movie. It would be in the spirit of where I'm going with my career - avatars played by actors to say something about the human condition.

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.

Middle-earth is a universe I know very well.

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

When I first came out to New Zealand for principal photography, the focus was on voicing Gollum. But Peter wanted Gollum to be the most interactive digital character ever made for a movie, with a combination of live action and digital animation.

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

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.