Gorillas Are Still Wild Creatures. That's Made

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 Occasion Swimming Through Streams, All Of That, That Wasn't Captured. That Was Filmed On 35 Millimeter, And For Certain Of Those Shots, It Was Rotoscoped And Painted Over.

I Just Directed The Jungle Book With Cate Blanchet And Christian Bale.

Animators Do Amazing Working Translating And Interpolating The Characters [in The Planet Of The Apes], The Facial Performances. What We're Creating On Set - If You Don't Get It On The Day, In The Moment, On Set, In Front Of The Camera, With The Director And The Actors. The Emotional Content Of The Scene And The Acting Choices.

My Agent Told Me They Were Casting For The Voice Of Gollum. I Hadnt Read The Lord Of The Rings, But I Read The Script And Realized What An Amazing Role It Was. I Developed A Voice For The Audition Tape, Then Met Peter Jackson And Fran Walsh At The Auditions And Fell In Love With Them Both.

You're Watching Your Kids Playing Football And You're Not Present. It's Like The Worst... It's Horrible. I Despise Myself For It. I Think It's A Particularly Male Thing. Being Present And In The Moment With Your Kids Is Something A Lot Of Men Struggle With.