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'Inside Out 2' goes back inside Riley's head and introduces a whole new wave of emotions. Stars Amy Poehler, Maya Hawke, Tony Hale, Liza Lapira, Lewis Black and Paul Walter Hauser, as well as director Kelsey Mann and producer Mark Nielsen, spoke to THR's Tiffany Taylor all about the movie. They shared how working on the emotional film affected them personally, as well as what they hope both young and old audiences take away from the movie. Plus, they shared how they nurture their inner child and try to always find "Joy" in their lives.

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00:00Healing is so true. I mean, my experience on both of these films have been just that.

00:05Inside Out 2 takes viewers back inside Riley's mind and introduces a whole new wave of emotions.

00:11I'm Tiffany Taylor for The Hollywood Reporter here at the Pixar Place Hotel at the Disneyland

00:14Resort, and we're talking to the cast all about the new movie.

00:18Hello, everybody!

00:20Inside Out 2 sees Amy Poehler return as the emotion joy, while Maya Hawke voices anxiety,

00:26an emotion now 13-year-old Riley is experiencing for the first time in the movie.

00:30It healed something in me that I'd maybe put at the back of my mind, like joy does with bad memories.

00:36For each of you, how did working on this movie affect you?

00:39Oh my gosh, healing is so true. I mean, my experience on both of these films have been

00:44just that. Like, I would come home and just think about, wow, I got to go to work today,

00:49and I got to have all these big feelings and talk about all this deep stuff,

00:52and also it's funny, and people are going to like it and go see it. So, yeah, I feel the same way

00:58in my experience on it and even getting to talk about it today.

01:01Me too. I feel all those things, and I also feel like when I first heard about the sense of self

01:09and the belief system, the same way the first movie impacted and, like, changed the way I thought

01:14about my own mind, that image changed the way I thought about my own mind. You know, this idea that

01:19somewhere in my mind is this beautiful guitar of ideas, and that some of them are helping me and

01:27some of them aren't. It's just that image kind of broke open my heart a little bit.

01:31Director Kelsey Mann and producer Mark Nielsen also spoke to THR about working on the film that

01:36takes viewers on an emotional ride.

01:38The line in the movie that really got me is about how maybe we just feel less joy as we get older,

01:44and it reminded me of the importance of, you know, staying tapped into your inner child and still

01:49finding that joy. Yeah. How do you try to do that in your own life to still find that joy?

01:54Here's a little thing that I did on this film. When I first started this movie, it was January 2020,

02:00I have a story room, and you have a little plaque outside where you're supposed to put, like,

02:03Kelsey Mann's story room, right? And I put a picture of me as 10 years old in that slot,

02:09but I went in there seeing a photo of myself, and, like, if I can go back and tell my little 10-year-old

02:14self that I'm going to be able to have a chance to do that, then I, you know, it's going to have joy

02:19at my console to do that. So it made me switch and make room for joy to come up to the console

02:24and have fun making this movie because what a wonderful opportunity I have.

02:30I think spending time with children is actually a hugely important part and way to stay in touch

02:37with your inner child. So true. Like, playing games. That's so true. Play is so important. Play.

02:42And with your friends, too. Yeah. Laughing. Also, celebration. I think there's something about

02:47celebration that, like, we need to remind ourselves to do because we almost are afraid to celebrate

02:55sometimes. Or we're waiting for some day when something's going to finally, you know, and it's like-

03:02Be worth celebrating. Yeah. And it's like, celebration has to happen all the time.

03:06I started a practice. I talked about it with them before. I live in a high-rise now with a beautiful

03:12view of the city. I live in Manhattan. And every night before I close the shades, I say,

03:16good night, city. Good night, city. Because a friend of mine, when I moved in, said, oh,

03:20you'll notice the view. And then you won't even notice the view after a couple months. And I thought

03:24that was horrible. And so I try to pick something new to say good night to every night. Like,

03:29I try to notice a different building to cultivate a sense of awe and wonder. I think once you lose that,

03:35you know, everything is just boring. I think the more I also experience every- or give myself

03:41permission to fear, experience all emotions, it makes the joy stronger. Oh, that's good. You know,

03:45so it's like, because I think for a long time in my life, I was kind of pushing feelings away.

03:49And the joy kind of wasn't there. But it's like, the more I kind of had more compassion for those

03:56feelings, I think it increases the joy. What do you hope that young people who are experiencing new

04:01emotions for the first time and learning to deal with those take away from it? But what do you also

04:05hope that an older audience takes away from it? We want to make sure that these movies resonate with

04:09everybody. Mark and I are fathers of teenagers, and there's very few movies we can all say, like,

04:15let's go to that this weekend together and go see. So I want parents to be able to take something

04:20away from this too. Anxiety and Joy are like two parents arguing over how to best take care of their

04:26child. And they both realize that they've been coming at it the wrong way from different ways

04:32and kind of learning how to best take care of their kid. And so that's really what I hope parents

04:37can take away from the film. We've had the chance to let our kids see the movie and get their reaction

04:42to it. And it's been great seeing them react and really connect to these characters and have them

04:49talk to us about how they feel seen in this and how it feels so relatable to what they're going

04:54through. I think one of my daughter's friends who came along said, I think you guys just climbed

04:59into my head. You know, we had a trust of teenage girls that were along the ride with us for all

05:05four years, and we showed them the movie every four months to get their feedback on what we were doing

05:10to make sure it was relatable and that they were connecting to it. And so I think that hearing that

05:16receipt from my own kids was great to know that I think we've tapped into something not just for

05:22adults, but also. I bet it's a parallel path of being able to open up discussions about feelings

05:28and better understand your feelings. I've been in therapy, both marital counseling and personal

05:32therapy the past couple of years. And at first, I think I was, you know, kicking the dirt a little

05:37bit. But a few months in, you realize, wow, talking about all these things is so helpful. I think this

05:42movie in an entertaining fashion can sort of bring about some of those thoughts and insights.

05:48It gives adults and children a language in which to talk about what they're feeling. That's huge.

05:56Even the colors you said, kids are now pointing out, I feel this color. It's like,

06:01wow, there's like an interpretive thing. Yeah. Special.

06:04Inside Out 2 is now playing in theaters. For more on the film, head to THR.com.

06:09For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

06:18For The Hollywood Reporter News, I'm Tiffany Taylor.

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