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My first job when I got my equity card was acting in 14 plays back-to-back. Playing that many roles, you look for ways of differentiating the characters physically, which goes hand in hand with understanding them psychologically.

~Andy Serkis

Topics: Acting Card Characters Equity First First Job Goes Got Hand Job Look Many Physically Playing Plays Psychologically Roles Them Understanding Ways Which You

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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?'

~Andy Serkis

Topics: Being Characters Compass Easily Growing Human Human Being Listen Me Moral Moral Compass Myself Play Sometimes Swayed Think

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Over the years, people have asked me, 'Do you think there should be a separate category for acting in the digital realm? Or hybrid sort of awards for digital characters?' and so on. And I've always really maintained that I don't believe so.

~Andy Serkis

Topics: Acting Always Asked Awards Believe Category Characters Digital Hybrid Maintained Me Over People Really Realm Separate Should Sort Think Years You

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The reason that some motion-capture films don't work is if the scripts are not good, and the characters aren't engaging, then you don't believe in the journey, and you're not connected to it. It's not the technology's fault.

~Andy Serkis

Topics: Believe Characters Connected Engaging Fault Films Good Journey Reason Scripts Some Technology Then Work You

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I think Caesar is one of the most empathetic characters that I've played. I think that's the key to a successful leadership. Being able to keep your ears open at all times.

~Andy Serkis

Topics: Able Being Caesar Characters Ears Empathetic Keep Key Leadership Most Open Played Successful Think Times Your I Think

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Having done a lot of theater, I'm used to sustaining characters over long periods of time.

~Andy Serkis

Topics: Characters Done Having Long Long Periods Lot Over Periods Sustaining Theater Time Used

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I always used to pretend to be different characters - cowboys, that sort of thing. I used to think that the Indians lived over the mountains that I could see out of my bedroom. As I grew up, I started to understand that acting was actually a craft, and there was no question about it, that was exactly what I was going to do.

~Aneurin Barnard

Topics: About Acting Actually Always Be Different Bedroom Characters Could Cowboys Craft Different Different Characters Exactly Exactly What Going Grew Indians Lived Mountains No Question Out Over Pretend Question See Sort Started Thing Think Understand Up Used

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Love every role to be new, and I always like to bring a freshness to every character I play, but that comes down to the script. So, it's important that it's a good script with good, truthful characters and truthful subjects.

~Aneurin Barnard

Topics: Always Bring Character Characters Down Every Freshness Good Good Script Important Like Love New Play Role Script Subjects Truthful

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I love changing my roles. I think the most important thing that I can do for myself is to keep changing the genres, the periods, the characters themselves.

~Aneurin Barnard

Topics: Changing Characters Genres Important Important Thing Keep Love Most Most Important Thing Myself Periods Roles The Most Important Themselves Thing Think I Think I Love I Can

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Emotions serve characters' purposes. That is their motivation.

~Ang Lee

Topics: Characters Emotions Motivation Purposes Serve

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