We're hangin' with a lion, a hippo, a zebra and a lemur and we're all getting along great! No, we're not at the zoo or a wild animal park but in San Francisco for a press conference with actors Ben Stiller, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Chris Rock and Andy Richter who are the voices of the above-mentioned critters in the new animated film Madagascar. (David Schwimmer, who plays a hypochondriac giraffe, wasn't able to make it).

The Characters of Madagascar Credit: Dreamworks Pictures

We learned that this was the first time the crew had actually gotten to hang out together since all the voices were recorded separately, with each actor in a recording booth alone. Just like their counterparts in the film, these guys get along great and like to make funny jibes at each other and us. Check out what this wacky menagerie had to say about their experiences and comic characters...

TeenHollywood: So Andy, you are a lemur, right? How did you get into that role?

The Gang with Baby Lemur Credit: Dreamworks Pictures

Andy: I really need to make up a good story cause it is pretty much 'I looked at the picture and did a squeaky voice'. I don't know, when you hear other actors talk about their work on the characters, I just assume they are lying because I can't relate to it. I am pretty much run on BS.

TeenHollywood: Ooookay. Ben, how was doing the voice of the lion for you?