#am

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. ↗

— Andy Serkis

#fantastic #film #games #got #heart

I am a bit evangelical, I know, but performance-capture is still misunderstood. ↗

— Andy Serkis

#bit #evangelical #i #i am #know

I remember kind of doing early acting and thinking, 'God, they don't paint behind the sets.' It's a bit of a shame, really - 'Oh, what's on the other side of this wall? Oh, you can see the plywood.' I was really disappointed. I just thought that these things were real, from watching things as a kid. ↗

— Andy Serkis

#behind #bit #disappointed #doing #early

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

— Andy Serkis

#directing #doing #films #i #lord

In the same way 'Lord of the Rings' was an interpretation of the book, 'The Hobbit' is being treated the same way. It will be faithfully represented with a fresh interpretation. ↗

— Andy Serkis

#book #faithfully #fresh #interpretation #lord

I used to eat lunch with Billy Wilder when I first came out here. ↗

— Richard Serra

#billy wilder #came #eat #first #here

My dad was working abroad, in Iraq, and he was a doctor. We used to go and visit him, in Baghdad, off and on. For the first ten years of my life, we used to go backwards and forwards to Baghdad, so that was quite amazing. I spent a lot of time traveling around the Middle East. ↗

— Andy Serkis

#amazing #around #backwards #baghdad #dad

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

#action #cannot #celluloid #creations #deny

We've never had nannies. We've had great grandparents, great support from family, and the kids have been on every set: they've seen me play Gollum, King Kong, Captain Haddock, the lot. They totally get it, and they want to go into the business. Ruby, my daughter, is very keen to become an actress. ↗

— Andy Serkis

#become #been #business #captain #daughter

Yeah, I mean, climbing's always been a massive hobby of mine up until, kind of, recent times when I've had family, but no, it's been a driving passion in my life and, uh, I've always wanted to climb the Matterhorn. It was the mountain that, sort of, inspired me to climb, as a youngster. So, it was great to be able to get to do it. ↗

— Andy Serkis

#always #been #climb #climbing #driving