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I Do Listen To Myself Sometimes And Think, 'is My Moral Compass So Easily Swayed By The Characters I Play, Or Is It Me Growing As A Human Being?'

I've Done A Fair Amount Of That Stuff... When We Did 'lord Of The Rings' The Transformation Sequence From Smeagol To Gollum Was A 19-hour Make-up Job. You Have To Have A Kind Of Zen Button That You Press And Allow The Mind To Be Focused In A Certain Way.

The Difference Between The Big Budget Films I've Done Is The Length Of Time. But In Terms Of The Day-to-day, You're Still Going On To Set, You're Getting Into Character, And You're Going And Doing Your Job, So There's Absolutely No Difference. It's Just The Structure Around It And The Length Of Time. But In Terms Of Budget And Money, It Doesn't Really Manifest Itself.

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.

The Whole Chameleon Thing About Acting. That's Why I'm Moving Towards Directing - It's A Much More Healthy Occupation.