FILM-INSIDE OUT Amy Poehler on singing and crying for 'Inside Out'

Record ID: 151590

  • Title: FILM-INSIDE OUT Amy Poehler on singing and crying for 'Inside Out'
  • Date: 17th June 2015
  • Summary: LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES (RECENT) (REUTERS) (SOUNDBITE) (English) AMY POEHLER SAYING: "When you're doing any kind of comedic performance, you have to figure out what are the rules of this character? Joy has very specific rules: Keep going, stay positive, stay in the moment, don't overthink it. She does that because she has fear that things are going to turn s
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  • Story Text: Amy Poehler often plays upbeat characters, but the comedian brims with pep in Pixar's new animated film "Inside Out" as Joy, an emotion living inside an 11-year-old girl named Riley. When Riley moves to a new city, Joy teams up with Sadness to boost Riley's well-being.
    "When you're doing any kind of comedic performance, you have to figure out what are the rules of this character," said Poehler. "Joy has very specific rules: Keep going, stay positive, stay in the moment, don't overthink it. She does that because she has fear that things are going to turn sad. It was fun to play a character that had an arc. Suddenly Joy's crying halfway through the movie and experiencing things in real time as we are."
    The film - and its concept of going inside the mind of a girl - has won over critics, earning it a rarely seen 100 percent on film review website RottenTomatoes.com.
    "Pixar does a great job in always not condescending to their audience. They don't make "kids movies." I love their brave attempt to go in, when a lot of movies these days are about external disasters and fabricated bad guys. Pixar decided we're going to make the stakes the mind and we're going to make the setting an 11-year-old girl."
    Poehler joked that despite all the praise the film has earned, very few have mentioned her singing talents.
    "I don't think enough people have asked me if they think I might be up for a Grammy for the "Bing Bong" song! I'm hoping that I'll be submitted for Best Live Vocal Performance in an Animated Film about Personified Emotions."
    "Inside Out" opens in North American theaters on Friday (June 19).
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