Cinco Paul

There was a lot of improv in our pitches because we had a partner there.

And so that's often how the musical part of it would play out.

Well, the original idea came from a Spanish animator named Sergio Pablos who had pitched Chris Melodondri the idea of a villain who adopted three little girls in order to pull off a heist.

And so Chris then pitched that to me and Ken and instantly we fell in love with the idea.

And it was really the broadest of concepts I think that Sergio had come up with.

And so then it was up to us to flesh it out and, you know, come up with it.

Because I don't think the moon was part of that story.

And so that's where it started.

But then, you know, it was our job to write the complete story and come up with all the characters.

If there are people out there who have not, you know, been exposed to minions, you know, more power to you.

They're like these little yellow pill-like creatures that have goggles on either their...

two or one single eyes, and they wear blue overalls.

And really, I have to give much of the credit for the Minions to Pierre Coffin, who is the director, and he really came up with that design and the concept.

Ken and I wrote that Gru had Minions, but it was really Pierre who came up with the concept, and he does all the voices for the Minions as well.

It's interesting when the first movie came out, we couldn't get anyone to, you know, make toys or anything.

They like tried everywhere and no one was interested.

And then suddenly the movie came out and, you know, was a surprise hit and the Minions took off and then suddenly, you know, everybody was knocking down.

their door.

But initially, it's funny.

No one was interested.