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

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.

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

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've always loved that film ['The Three Caballeros'], and we were looking for a way to apply it to our own work, and 'Trolls' was it - psychedelic, musical and kinetic insanity.

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.

We'd all [with Mike Mitchell] been together at Dreamworks for over ten years, so we all had the same goals.