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To distract myself from writing, I was singing Bob Dylan's 'My Back Pages.' You know, 'I was so much older then; I'm younger than that now.' I thought, 'I should write a character like that.'

~Andrew Sean Greer

Topics: Back Bob Character Distract Dylan Know Like Much Myself Now Older Pages Should Singing Than Then Thought Write Writing You Younger

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We started a movement... to build character, citizenship and confidence in young people.

~Andrew Shue

Topics: Build Character Citizenship Confidence Movement People Started Young Young People

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Wong Kar Wai is a very intense character, very personable, and I believe in general he does not like and he would not want his actors to show their true looks and their true personality on screen.

~Andy Lau

Topics: Actor Believe Character Does General He His Intense Like Looks Personality Screen Show True Very Want Would I Believe I Believe In

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I took my pants off in my 'SNL' audition. It was to do a character called Out of Breath Jogger from 1982. I had short shorts on underneath. It eventually aired, so it was worth it!

~Andy Samberg

Topics: Audition Breath Character Eventually Had Off Out Pants Short Shorts Snl Took Underneath Worth Worth It

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I don't see a difference between playing a performance capture role and a live action role, they're just characters to me at the end of the day and I'm an actor who wants to explore those characters in fantastically written scripts. The only caveat is a good story is a good character.

~Andy Serkis

Topics: Action Actor Between Capture Character Characters Day Difference End End Of The Day Explore Good Good Character Good Story Just Live Live Action Me Only Performance Playing Role Scripts See Story Those Wants Who Written

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After 'Kong,' my knuckles have never recovered because I had to wear very heavy weights on my forearms and around my hips and ankles to get the sense of size and scale of the movement of the character... You are telling your body that you are these things and that you're feeling these thoughts and that you're experiencing these experiences.

~Andy Serkis

Topics: After Ankles Around Because Body Character Experiences Experiencing Feeling Get Had Heavy Hips Knuckle Kong Movement Never Recovered Scale Sense Size Telling Things Thoughts Very Wear Weights You Your Your Body

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In 'Tintin,' it's like a live-action role. You're living and breathing and making decisions for that character from page 1 to page 120, the whole emotional arc. In an animated movie, it's a committee decision. There are 50 people creating that character. You're responsible for a small part.

~Andy Serkis

Topics: Animated Arc Breathing Character Committee Creating Decision Decisions Emotional Like Living Making Making Decisions Movie Page Part People Responsible Role Small Small Part Whole You

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When I was in theater I was forever trying to inhabit a space which puts yourself under the microscope as an actor and your personality and your take on life, but actually through another portal of a character.

~Andy Serkis

Topics: Actor Actually Another Character Forever Inhabit Life Microscope Personality Puts Space Take Theater Through Trying Which Your Yourself

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Originally when I went off to work on 'The Lord of The Rings' I got a call from my agent saying that I was just going to do a voice. But I couldn't really approach it like that. To get Gollum's voice I had to play the character.

~Andy Serkis

Topics: Agent Approach Call Character Get Going Got Had Just Like Lord Lord Of The Rings Off Originally Play Really Rings Saying Voice Work

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What you can do with visual effects is enhance the look of the character, but the actual integrity of the emotional performance and the way the character's facial expressions work, that is what is going to be created on the day with other actors and the director.

~Andy Serkis

Topics: Actor Actual Character Created Day Director Effects Emotional Enhance Expressions Facial Going Integrity Look Other Performance Visual Way Work You

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