Why It's So Special: In eleven films, Pixar has created some of modern movies' most immortal characters - but surely none as irresistible as the kooky regal tang with attention-deficit issues. And that's largely due to Ellen DeGeneres.
She was cast after Stanton saw her on a talk show galloping from subject to subject, rattling off ideas without ever settling on a single, coherent point. As Dory, DeGeneres simply ramps up that side of her persona with exquisite comic timings and daft improv, namely the whalespeak scene.
What's truly remarkable is how DeGeneres - then at her lowest ebb, critically and commercially - became Dory in the popular consciousness, as even middle America embraced the one-time gay-rights pariah as a national institution.
No-one else has proved the power of Pixar in quite the same way.
DeGeneres speaks: "I like clever, silly stuff. They created the fish, and I just read the lines. They gave me the freedom to do it the way I wanted to, and I've jumped in and out of it for three years."
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Hadouken76
Jun 28th 2010, 15:10
John Ratzengberg as the Inbominable snowman makes me laugh everytime...yellow ice anyone?
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s1monb
Jul 3rd 2010, 13:31
One of the many things I love about Pixar is their avoidance of stunt casting, in order to get the best person for the role. Albert Brooks; Ellen DeGeneres; Ed Asner; Craig T Nelson; Patton Oswalt; Dave Foley; None of these would be the obvious Hollywood choices for the lead role in your big summer movie. But they are all perfect...
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Hadouken76
Oct 6th 2011, 13:19
wow this is an old feature, for a second I thought someone had cloned my ID !
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nkutzler
Oct 6th 2011, 16:17
Don Rickels: of course, everything about Toy Story is amazing because of the genius timing, but still to this day, I call almost everyone an "uncultured swine". Of course, not about Picasso, but actually about movies since I became a movie buff. BTW, if you don't still absolutely love Toy Story even after you've turned 18, you're uncultured swine.
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nkutzler
Oct 6th 2011, 16:18
Sorry, Don Rickles. Didn't mean to make that mistake.
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bundyse
Oct 6th 2011, 21:51
Steve Jobs RIP
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