Performance capture is a technology, not a genre; it's just another way of recording an actor's performance.

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.

I love the ability to transform because that, for me, is a liberation.

I think there will always be a particular generation of actors who think that they're going to be replaced by robots. But certainly the emerging actors understand that that's part of the craft.

If it was a great script and a great character, I would love to do a romantic comedy.

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.

The matter is -- we are actors playing roles in Planet Apes and they happen to be in this instance apes but there's no difference. In the scenes that we're playing, if we were to block out the scenes as actors in costumes, it would be no different.

The whole chameleon thing about acting. That's why I'm moving towards directing -- it's a much more healthy occupation.

On lower budget things you're still working collaboratively, but the investment and your level of creative importance is higher on something like this.

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

I think parenting is very different now. We're totally governed by our children!

Certain gorillas are more evolved than certain human beings I know.

You could go so wrong with a 'Planet of the Apes' reboot; you could make it melodramatic, you could make it campy, you could fall into so many traps with it.

My father was interested in justice, always working for people who needed to be supported.

When you have children, you realize that at the end, it's all about passing on, about handing down.

Any sort of role requires a certain amount of research and embodiment of the character and psychological investigation.

Looking back, when I was Gollum, I suppose I did break the mold to a certain extent. I'm proud, and very thrilled, to be a part of that.

I guess I just tend to feel at home wherever I go.

Gollum was so interesting to me because he's morally ambivalent, and I love the notion of a quest that is to lose something. Not to gain, but to get rid of something.

Recently I read that half the world or more has read 'The Lord of The Rings,' but then I found out that something like 75 per cent of the world knows the 'Tintin' books.