Editing Finding Nemo (section)

===Casting===
[[William H. Macy]] was the first actor cast as Marlin. Although Macy had recorded most of the dialogue, Stanton felt that the character needed a lighter touch.<ref>{{cite book |last=Price |first=David A. |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780307265753 |title=The Pixar Touch: The Making of a Company |page=[https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780307265753/page/210/mode/1up 210] |year=2008 |publisher=[[Alfred A. Knopf]] |location=New York |url-access=registration |isbn=978-0-307-26575-3}}</ref> Stanton then cast [[Albert Brooks]] in the role, and in his opinion, it "saved" the film.<ref name="commentary"/> Brooks liked the idea of Marlin being this clownfish who isn't funny and recorded outtakes of telling very bad jokes.

The idea for the initiation sequence came from a story conference between Stanton and [[Bob Peterson (animator)|Bob Peterson]] while they were driving to record the actors. Although he originally envisioned the character of Dory as male, Stanton was inspired to cast [[Ellen DeGeneres]] when he watched an episode of ''[[Ellen (TV series)|Ellen]]'' in which he saw her "change the subject five times before finishing one sentence".<ref name="commentary"/> The pelican character named Gerald (who in the final film ends up swallowing and choking on Marlin and Dory) was originally a friend of Nigel. They were going to play against each other with Nigel being neat and [[wikt:fastidious|fastidious]] and Gerald being scruffy and sloppy. The filmmakers could not find an appropriate scene for them that did not slow the pace of the picture, so Gerald's character was minimized.<ref name="commentary" />

Stanton himself provided the voice of Crush the sea turtle. He originally did the voice for the film's [[Storyboard|story reel]] and assumed they would find an actor later. When Stanton's performance became popular in test screenings, he decided to keep his performance in the film. He recorded all his dialogue while lying on a sofa in Unkrich's office.<ref name="commentary"/> Crush's son Squirt was voiced by Nicholas Bird, the young son of fellow Pixar director [[Brad Bird]]. According to Stanton, the elder Bird was playing a tape recording of his young son around the Pixar studios one day. Stanton felt the voice was "this generation's [[Thumper (Bambi)|Thumper]]" and immediately cast Nicholas.<ref name="commentary"/>

[[Megan Mullally]] was originally going to provide a voice in the film. According to Mullally, the producers were stunned to learn that the voice of her character [[Karen Walker (Will & Grace)|Karen Walker]] on the television show ''[[Will & Grace]]'' was not her natural speaking voice. The producers hired her anyway, and then strongly encouraged her to use her Karen Walker voice for the role. When Mullally refused, she was dismissed.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.contactmusic.com/megan-mullally/news/megan-mullally-dropped-from-finding-nemo|title=Megan Mullally&nbsp;– Megan Mullally Dropped From Finding Nemo|website=[[Contactmusic.com]]|date=April 6, 2004|access-date=October 1, 2014|archive-date=October 2, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151002072943/http://www.contactmusic.com/megan-mullally/news/megan-mullally-dropped-from-finding-nemo|url-status=live}}</ref>