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.

Since we've done that type of work [ voiceover], we know how isolating it can be, and we wanted to make the actors more comfortable.

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

The world is in such a place of social unrest and there's so much violence.

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.