It was a very interesting challenge [Heihei role] because he's limited to rooster-y, chicken-type noises, and he goes along on the whole adventure. It just becomes, "If that's how you express yourself, go for it.

I'm there [on Moana] with the other actors, so you play off one another. It's not just your idea of what the character is and what the world is like it would be in an animated [film], where it all sort of exists in your head. It's all right there, and if Diego's performance is doing what it's doing, it affects yours.

I feel much more comfortable as an artist collaborating with others because I feel more mature.

Those are always fun characters to play, the ones who are stupid but speak with authority.

I've signed a few Kaytoo photos and things and a couple of action figures [on ComicCon], but really it's not that many.

Gareth [Edwards] was very open to just shaping the performances and the scenes to fit what was happening with the actors and the storytelling that was emerging.

[I'm] a huge defender of clowns around the world.