Rehearsals Make A Huge Difference.

Acting Is Kind Of A Calling For Me So I'm Just Happy To Be There And Do Great Work.

I Did 40 Voices For Chris Wedge, The Director Of The First Film, Before Coming Up With The Version We Used. He Was Hard To Please, I Don't Know Why. I Gave Him Really Slow Talking Voices. Then I Thought Perhaps Sid Could Be An Indian Sounding Sloth. To Find Out More About My Character, I Watched Footage Of Sloths. I Discovered That The Food They Store In Their Pouches Rots And Ferments And Half The Time They're Drunk.

The New York Times Made You Or Broke You.

Some Kids Are Fine, But Often I Don't Like What I See In Child Actors. My Kids Are Young And They Are Already Showing An Interest, So I Have To Try To Discourage Them, Squash That In Them.

Well I Was About To Be Expelled From School, I Had Been Arrested And A Teacher Said: "why Don't You Try Acting, Instead Of Distracting The Class? Why Don't You Use Your Comic Talent For Something More Productive?" My Maths Teacher Suggested I Do Comedy And I Decided To Have A Go. I Pursued It After That. I Was About 17.