People find it hard to get their heads around nominating a computer-generated character, but every time you see Gollum on the screen, that's me who is acting up there - even if it is behind a mass of pixels - and it's my voice you hear.
From Andy Serkis
It has been great portraying Gollum, but it will be great to see my face on screen for a change.
When you do animation - well, straightforward animation, although it's not straightforward - the voice for a character or something, they're always singular experiences, really.
I think when actors run away from their work that they're slightly crazy, really!
If 'The Hobbit' happens - and there's reason to believe that it will - then I think I'm in with a chance! Gollum is very much part of 'The Hobbit,' after all.
Before I became an actor, I was a visual artist, and I've always hankered for the storytelling behind the camera.
You'll very rarely find that you can enhance a performance to give it a real emotional centre and truth... after the fact.
I love the ability to transform because that, for me, is a liberation.
Both my parents are Catholic and staunch believers. I'm not a Catholic now, but I still carry part of it with me.
My father was interested in justice, always working for people who needed to be supported.
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