Sometimes actors come in, you record them, and they do their role.

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.

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 Head of Story is defined differently for each film. But I found that the role for me was to support the director's vision, and to be a conduit to the story team - and managing that team to realize the vision.

We actually talked about Adam Sandler during the creation of 'Trolls,' because he does know how to time jokes.

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 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.