Andy Serkis

I'm quite contrary. If people agree on something, I tend to gravitate the other way by my nature. I don't like to be told what to do. I think it goes back to school. I like to do things I want to do and I really don't like doing what I don't want to do. ”

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. ”

I had to relearn how to ride a horse like an ape. I had to change how I jumped off and how I gripped them with my thighs and distribute my weight differently. ”

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. ”

You'll very rarely find that you can enhance a performance to give it a real emotional centre and truth... after the fact. ”

You never really know why you become an actor: it's a visceral thing, an emotional thing. ”

Certain gorillas are more evolved than certain human beings I know. ”

I think that Gollum is really the character who is a very human character, and he's very flawed, like most humans are, and has good and bad sides. ”

I do listen to myself sometimes and think, 'Is my moral compass so easily swayed by the characters I play, or is it me growing as a human being?' ”

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. ”