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… — Walt Dohrn Copy Share Image
If you hug someone for seven seconds, it gives you a chemical drop in your brain. — Walt Dohrn Copy Share Image
The number one thing is creating this world ["Trolls" ] - what the world is going to look like, feel like and what technology… — Walt Dohrn Copy Share Image
I had to sit in front of all these people, and act like I knew what I was doing. I faked my way through… — Walt Dohrn Copy Share Image
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'… — Walt Dohrn Copy Share Image
We'd all [with Mike Mitchell] been together at Dreamworks for over ten years, so we all had the same goals. — Walt Dohrn Copy Share Image
We actually talked about Adam Sandler during the creation of 'Trolls,' because he does know how to time jokes. — Walt Dohrn Copy Share Image
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… — Walt Dohrn Copy Share Image
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,… — Walt Dohrn Copy Share Image
It was so complex [in "Trolls"] that the technical team had to build a new program. It was about rendering and manipulating that weird… — Walt Dohrn Copy Share Image
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… — Walt Dohrn Copy Share Image
I was trying to foster a great working relationship between those two departments [design and the writing teams], because classically in animation the two… — Walt Dohrn Copy Share Image
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![“We'd all [with Mike Mitchell] been together at Dreamworks for over ten years, so we all had the same goals.” quote by Walt Dohrn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/9ec/walt-dohrn-33545_dreamworks_we-d-all-with-mike-mitchell-been-togethe_866953.jpg)
![“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.” quote by Walt Dohrn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/765/walt-dohrn-33545_chiefs_i-loved-the-disney-films-and-sterling-ho_1219686.jpg)
![“It was so complex [in "Trolls"] that the technical team had to build a new program. It was about rendering and manipulating that weird hair. We also wanted to break the mold of what what we thought the princess was about...we wanted to keep her troll 'look' - the stumpy legs, an ugly/cute look, it…” quote by Walt Dohrn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/cee/walt-dohrn-33545_break_it-was-so-complex-in-trolls-that-the-tec_1936133.jpg)
![“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.” quote by Walt Dohrn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/dc3/walt-dohrn-33545_brain_mike-mitchell-brought-me-on-as-co-direct_2049736.jpg)
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