I had to sit in front of all these people, and act like I knew what I was doing. I faked my way through it pretty well.

Mike [Mitchell] brought me on as co-director, and eventually we ended up sharing a brain. It was overwhelming initially when I was working with departments I hadn't had contact with before.

If you hug someone for seven seconds, it gives you a chemical drop in your brain.

I loved the Disney films, and Sterling Holloway was one of their chief talents. He never had to put on a voice, and that's what Mike [Mitchell] and I encourage. I love the voices that have a unique texture, but it's their real voice.

I was trying to foster a great working relationship between those two departments [design and the writing teams], because classically in animation the two don't get along.

I had to sit in front of all these people, and act like I knew what I was doing. I faked my way through it pretty well.

The number one thing is creating this world ["Trolls" ] - what the world is going to look like, feel like and what technology will we need to use to get there.