Fortune Feimster: ‘The stage was a crate, the sound system was a karaoke machine. No one enjoyed the show’

The standup on playing a beaver in Zootropolis 2, being inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger and why her mother is a great source of comedy What is the best advice you’ve ever been given?I used to be quite the worrywart. Especially in this business, there were a lot of times where I wasn’t working, it was hard to find a job and I would just worry, worry, worry. My mom would just say: “don’t borrow trouble” – cross those bridges if and when you get there. It freed me up in a way that I’ve appreciated in the later parts of my career. Who did you admire when you were starting out as a comedian?I was a huge Carol Burnett fan. My grandmother watched reruns of her show all the time. I loved how silly she was and I was obsessed with the kind of person she was on and off screen. You play Nibbles the beaver in Zootropolis 2. Are there any interesting quirks you found with voice acting?You don’t get a script ahead of time – or not for this particular movie because it was top secret. So I never saw the full film or got to read what happened. I’d go into the booth and the director, Jared [Bush], would tell me, “Here’s what’s happening in this scene.” When I recorded my