No Matter How Extreme Things Get, It

I Understand Why People Went Nuts For 'the Artist.' We Use Words So Much, It's Nice To Be Able To Explore A Different Way Of Communication, To Be Able To Express Silently What Someone - Or Something - Is Thinking Or Feeling.

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.

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 24 Fps And The Romance Of Celluloid But At 48 Fps, You Cannot Deny The Existence Of These Cg Creations In The Same Time Frame And Space And Environment As The Live Action.

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.

I Think What Traditional Studios Probably Don't Understand Is That It's A Genuine Advancement In The Actor's Tradition. And You Know, The Tradition And Craft Of Acting. And It's The Latest Step. You Know, We, We Tend To Find Forms Of Delivering Stories That Fit Our Times.