When I First Was Offered The Role

Mountaineering Has Always Been A Huge Hobby Of Mine.

Gollum Is Gollum - Though In 'lord Of The Rings' He's 600 Years Old And In 'the Hobbit' He's 540, So He Looks A Little Bit More Handsome.

Everybody Thinks Performance Capture Is About Thrashing Around And Doing A Lots Of Movement, But It's Actually About Being Able To Contain And Think And Be Believed In A Close-up, As Much As Anything Else.

In 'tintin,' It's Like A Live-action Role. You're Living And Breathing And Making Decisions For That Character From Page 1 To Page 120, The Whole Emotional Arc. In An Animated Movie, It's A Committee Decision. There Are 50 People Creating That Character. You're Responsible For A Small Part.

My Belief About Performance Capture Is That It's A Technology Which Allows Actors To Play Extraordinary Characters. But From An Acting Perspective, I've Never Drawn A Distinction Between Playing A Conventional, Live Action Character And Playing A Role In A Performance Capture Suit. And From A Purely Acting Point-of-view, I Don't Believe There Should Be A Special Oscar Category Because I Think It Sort Of Muddies The Waters In A Way.