OfficialJoshGad

What the hell does that mean?!

What's your favorite leg?

I would say the Turkey Leg at Disneyland.

First, I want to ask if you intended to rhyme every other sentence in that question, and if so, congratulations, remarkable job...

My favorite moment in the show, for me, is "I Believe." I remember when that song was added, at the 11th hour basically, we had done 3 workshops and there was another song that had been in that song's place, and it never really popped, and then one day Trey, Matt and Bobby came in and demo'd that song, and the ENTIRE room just literally - there was this silence that came over the room because everybody stood up and applauded, the show finally had that identity, that moment. And gave Elder Price this unbelievable perspective. And it showed the joy that he had for this religion, and that to me was the A-Ha moment. So I loved that.

Personally I loved performing "Man Up" every night - it was a blast from start to finish.

I can safely say that in the 1.5 years I did that show, I never got a single complaint from a practicing Mormon.

To this day, I'm actually shocked by that.

To the contrary, I probably had a few people - a dozen - tell me they were so moved by the show that they took up the Mormon faith.

My response was "I think you might've missed the point, but that's awesome."

But that's the beauty of what Trey and Matt do - the product is so joyful, and so celebratory, that even though it's raising certain points that you can question and have your disagreements with - it's something where everybody leaves feeling happy. I'm not surprised that people felt that way. I'm just surprised so many people felt that way.

I don't usually tell kids that I played Olaf. I actually think it would freak them out in a BAD way because it would just... it's kind of demented for a grown man to go up to somebody and tell them he's a snowman? And usually if a parent thinks their 2 year old will understand that cocncept, it backfires. When a 14 year old finds out I'm Olaf, they get happy and excited and it's always a humbling, joyful experience for me. But anybody younger than 5, it's horrifying and traumatic and I think it's going to ruin their childhood.

I absolutely had no idea FROZEN was going to be what it became.

I think it's safe to say that nobody thought it was going to become a pop cultural touchstone, the 5th highest grossing film of all time. I thought it was an INCREDIBLE film and I can tell you I remember going to the first screening that I ever saw it at, where it was just about 10 of us including me, Kristin Bell, Jonathan Graf, and John Lassiter, and the directors, and they showed it to us, and you know, when you're doing animation it's a lot different than live action because when you're doing live action you have a sense of how things will come together - in animation you're living in a bubble. So it was one of those few moments in my creative career where I was shell-shocked by what I saw - because i had no gauge for it.

I remember leaving that theater going "This reminds me of the movies I grew up with in the Disney golden age - Lion King, Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast..." I hoped people would feel similarly. But never in my wildest dreams did I think it would be that big.

And yes, not a week goes by where I don't hum "Let it go" because i have a 4 year old in my house who sings it constantly.