"I am a bit evangelical, I know, but performance-capture is still misunderstood." — Andy Serkis

I never felt totally, 100%, patriotically English... I'd seen a lot of the world by an early age - sort of spent a lot of time traveling around Lebanon and I'd seen Babylon, and Damascus, and all sorts of places in the Middle East by the time I was ten. Then we'd return to Ruslip in West London... Done a fair bit of traveling really.

I think I'd like to be a lion tamer, actually. That - that would provide the most audience entertainment if something went really badly.

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

People will come up to me and try and be secretive and say, 'Can you do the Gollum voice for me?' And I'm like, 'Are you kidding? It's 8:30 in the morning on the Victoria Line.'

In terms of animation, animators are actors as well. They are fantastic actors. They have to draw from how they feel emotionally about the beat of a scene that they're working on. They work collaboratively.

Actors' performances in films are enhanced in a million different ways, down to the choice of camera shot by the director - whether it's in slow motion or whether it's quick cut - or... the choice of music behind the close-up or the costume that you're wearing or the makeup.

I think acting really helps as a director. It's just no question, because you totally understand the acting process.

I'd already started directing short films when we were doing 'Lord of the Rings,' then videogame projects.

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I am a bit evangelical, I know, but performance-capture is still misunderstood.