We're live in a world that has, in many ways, become desensitized and unable to empathize with other cultures and species. The dangerous part is that….

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

We've never had nannies. We've had great grandparents, great support from family, and the kids have been on every set: they've seen me play Gollum, K….

As long as you have the acting chops and the desire to get inside a character, you can play anything..

In a personal way, to do with family and the father-son relationship, in a kind of artistic way with regard to him being an art student. I also studi….

For film and games, there is now a fantastic method of actors portraying characters which don't necessarily look like themselves. And yet you've stil….

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….

There's this whole grey area seemingly every time it's talked about animators and who takes ultimate responsibility for the characters [of the Planet….

The wonderful thing about 48 fps is the integration of live action and CG elements; that is something I learned from 'The Hobbit.' We are so used to ….

I'm not a big gamer myself. I've (become) increasingly interested in games. And I certainly am passionate about, about storytelling in gaming. And, a….

I just directed The Jungle Book with Cate Blanchet and Christian Bale..

I play saxophone, I play tenor sax..

I've been writing and wanting to direct for a long time..

Rather than something like King Kong where I really went after studying gorillas in the wild and captivity. I based Caesar [ from the Rise of the Pla….

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….

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 occ….

When you start to do research into gorillas or any kind of apes, if you're going to play them, that's one of the biggest misconceptions. And when I d….

Playing a character in a video game is different to other performances because your character can't lead the audience of players in one direction..

Motion capture is exactly what it says: it's physical moves, whereas performance capture is the entire performance - including your facial performanc….

But the first time I had to stand up and sing with them was when we did the pre-record for the movie and it was that moment where I sort of said to m….

Every age has its storytelling form, and video gaming is a huge part of our culture. You can ignore or embrace video games and imbue them with the be….