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14 KEYFRAME D I A L O G U E WALT DOHRN DIRECTOR ON TROLLS WORLD TOUR HIS START…In order to sell your idea, one must summon up as much courage and energy to "perform" the scene. As a result you end up "putting on a voice." If you happen to show some enthusiasm in this area you will sometimes get recruited to record the scratch dialogue. If that works, well, then you might end up being cast in some smaller roles. This is what happened to me years ago when I was cast in some smaller roles in Shrek the Third. ON BEING A VILLAIN… While working as head of story on Shrek Forever After, I had the pleasure of developing the character of the villain, Rumpelstiltskin (left), with director Mike Mitchell. I started doing the character's scratch dialogue. After about a year of performing the character, much to my surprise, Jeffrey Katzenberg decided I would be the choice for the actual role in the finished film. I was honored to be cast. WHEN EDDIE TELLS YOU YOU'RE FUNNY… After years of working for and with Eddie Murphy (a childhood icon of mine) it was an honor when, after he saw the final film, he said I was the funniest thing in the movie. MINTY LEWIS DEVELOPING THE GREAT NORTH FOR FOX ON HER LUCKY BREAK… I was storyboarding and writing on Season 2 of Regular Show and J.G. Quintel liked how I voiced a new character named Eileen (above) at a pitch. He asked me to do the voice for that episode and she ended up becoming a pretty significant character on the show. FOR THE FUN OF IT… Going to auditions, overcoming rejection, all the things that career actors regularly have to deal with have never been part of the job for me. I just do AUDIENCES DON'T OFTEN GET TO SEE THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE CARTOONS THEY KNOW AND LOVE, BUT SOMETIMES THEY DO GET TO HEAR THEM. THESE ARTISTS HAVE FOUND THEMSELVES IN THE HIGH-PROFILE JOB OF VOICE ACTING, AND THOUGH THEY LOVE IT, THEY'RE NOT READY TO LEAVE THEIR DAY JOBS. ARTISTS WHO DO VOICES