Andy Serkis

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. ”

Performance capture, for me, is finding the essence of a performance. ”

When I played Gollum in 'Lord of the Rings,' if I was climbing up the side of a mountain, which I physically did, you know, I was on every single occasion swimming through streams, all of that, that wasn't captured. That was filmed on 35 millimeter, and for certain of those shots, it was rotoscoped and painted over. ”

I believe that when people experience an event as a community, it can transcend and change people's lives. ”

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

I think parenting is very different now. We're totally governed by our children! ”

When you have children, you realize that at the end, it's all about passing on, about handing down. ”

I stayed in Baghdad every summer until I was 14. My dad's sister is still there, but many of my relatives have managed to get out. People forget that there are still people there who are not radicalized in any particular direction, trying to live normal lives in a very difficult situation. ”

My natural bent is to have an overabundance of energy, and motion-capture essentializes your every breath, your every move. Seeing yourself through that mask, you realize how far you can pull back and make the performance even more powerful. ”

I do love nature, but I don't suppose I'd spent more time in zoos as a child than anyone else! ”