Tom Lister Jr. Quotes

There was no way I could not do 'Finding Dory.'

'How to Train Your Dragon,' the first one, was a film I'd seen prior to being approached for the sequel. I don't often watch family animated movies, but it's one that I loved and thought was really well done: beautifully crafted storytelling.

I love all the Pixar movies, and I like 'Happy Feet Two.' 'Cause it has a lot of babies.

On 'Sanjay and Craig,' I've had a number of chances to work with Chris Hardwick, and that is so much fun.

I'm a huge fan of 'Kung Fu Panda.' I honestly think that Jack Black's voice work in 'Kung Fu Panda' is the best voice work that's ever been done. He's so funny, and it's such an endearing character. It really is great.

It's a hilarious part of my past, all the sitcoms I did in the '80s. And then all the animation - animation is amazing. It's really been great.

In 'The Smurfs,' I was actually a live action character. So, I was a real person in that movie. But I was working with animated characters, which is very strange because they're off recording their work, and we're kind of reacting to nothing when we're doing the film.

'Finding Dory' just stole my heart. Little Dory was the most adorable thing in the entire world, and Ellen DeGeneres killed the game. I liked the flashbacks to the past - it gave you a bit more perspective and appreciation for certain characters.

On 'Shrek,' Eddie Murphy was locked in as the donkey before we'd even designed the donkey.

This movie [Moana] has a very small cast, and this was the role [Heihei] that they offered me. I loved voicing him.

It was great. I got to hang out with him [Martin Freeman as Bilbo Baggins], and I kept a straight face for a bit and then I started giggling because I know Martin, I don't know Bilbo. For Martin to be sitting there playing Bilbo is amazing. He's going to be amazing, he's going to be fantastic in this film.

Each of the 'Toy Story's are telling an emotional story, but they're comedic. They're so successful creatively in terms of the stories they're telling. And they're pretty grounded.

David Wain's character on 'Bob's Burgers' is really funny and silly and makes me laugh.

I loved doing Judge Doom in 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit.' I'm constantly running into people who saw that movie when they were kids, and it absolutely horrified them.

In 'Finding Dory,' I play a whale shark named Destiny who can't swim very well. We're both extremely clumsy!

'The Critic' was so absurd, and I loved that. I loved working with Jon Lovitz, I think he's got a great, great voice for animation.

From the moment we started working on the first 'Wreck-It Ralph,' we knew there were so many possibilities with these characters.

Of my Disney material, 'Tangled' is my most pop-oriented.

I love 'Archer.' That's one of the best-written shows out there.

It's a hugely popular franchise, and every 'Housefull' film has worked well at the box office.

I was working at 'New Girl' when I found out there was going to be a 'Pitch' sequel.

I wrote for 'King of the Hill' for three seasons.

The concept of the characters in animal skins and us satirizing modern technology made it fun. But the voices we cast and the characterization of Fred Flintstone had a lot to do with it.

The most challenging roles were Disney's 'A Christmas Carol' and 'Mars Needs Moms' because they were both motion capture, so there was a lot of physical work involved.

Between 'Futurama' and 'Simpsons,' I'm able to work with the voices of Michael Jackson, Dustin Hoffman, and the cast of 'Star Trek.' It's great, you know; it's great to work with such talented people.