That's what I think is the biggest challenge, is just being still and learning how to just be present in that stillness and not over do it, not over act.

That's what I think is the biggest challenge, is just being still and learning how to just be present in that stillness and not over do it, not over act.

I'd like to think that we strive in film and theatre to tell great stories, and I believe in the power of storytelling in our culture.

I wanted to be a painter, really, when I was growing up as a kid. It was one thing that really took a grip on me.

Motion capture is exactly what it says: it's physical moves, whereas performance capture is the entire performance - including your facial performance. If you're doing, say, martial arts for a video game, that is motion capture. This is basically another way of recording an actor's performance: audio, facial and physical.

When I first was offered the role on Rise [of the Planet of the Apes], I always played Caesar as a human being within ape skin.

Not a day goes by where I'm not reminded of Gollum by some person in the street who asks me to do his voice or wants to talk to me about him. But because 'The Hobbit' has been talked about as a project for many years, I knew that at some point I'd have to reengage with him.