It was the story that artists at Walt Disney Animation Studios had been struggling to get a handle on for over 15 years. So how did this stalled-out video game movie wind up becoming Wreck-It Ralph, one of five films to be nominated for Best Animated Feature Oscar?

"I've done voicework for animated features before. You can hear me voicing minor characters in three of the four Ice Age movies. But King Candy is the first character that I've had in an animated feature which has some real meat on his bones."

"You have to be prepared to keep doing it, keep trying no matter what. No one's just going to hand you a career. I waited for years for someone to hand me one and it never happened."

Denver-based, nationally adored Americana singer Mollie O'Brien's big musical "Yes" started with a big New York City "No."