Playing Dory after 12 years wasnt tough for Ellen DeGeneres, although there was a new challenge in playing the part in the Finding Nemo sequel.

In a recent interview with Entertainment Weekly, DeGeneres dished about how the role came to her again and the various facets of Dory.

Speaking about playing the central character, DeGeneres revealed that she did not feel the extra pressure, and also the attributes that make Dory fit to be the protagonist of a film.

"It's not that I felt pressure about it, but it gave me more to do with the acting. I mean, she's funny, but she's obviously very relatable, which is why people like Dory so much," she said. "She's trying to find her family and she is very emotional about wanting to belong, and I think that is easy for anybody to relate to. Whatever you define family as, family is just a part of belonging to something that takes care of you and nurtures you... and when you have lost that, and you want to get that back, it's pretty easy to get emotional about it. But it was fun, too, because when you're acting in a regular film, you have facial expressions or different mannerisms or the way you stand or tilt your head or anything that expresses emotion, but when it's just your voice, it really all has to come through. Especially when it's a fish. It's important to get those emotions very purely across, and especially something as subtle as not full-on crying, but that kind of sadness or grief... I love a challenge like that."

DeGeneres also revealed that when the role came to her, it was a quick call for her to make, didn't need too much thought.

"Of course. It was a great experience the first time around," she said."The timing of that. It wasn't that it brought my career back, but I wasn't working at the time. It took three years to make, so by the time it actually came out, my talk show was on the air, but... nothing was going on for me. It was a huge compliment and honor that somebody thought of me specifically for that part, and had my voice in their heads. That will always mean something to me, that he believed in me that much."

Finding Dory will open in theaters on June 17, 2016. 

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