Americans Are Hidden Dragons To Me.

I Think It[3d] Should Be Used As A New Artistic Form, Not As A Gimmick, Not To Impress You But The Existence Of An Environment That You View As A Theatrical Dramatic Experience Is - You Don't Just Have The X-y Axis, You Have The Z And That Makes A Difference. You Still Have The Framing, You Still Use Lenses, So Most Of The Cinematic Rules And Languages Still Apply But I Think It's A Different Existence.

I Had To Find My Way Of Translating The Excitement You Get When You're Reading Comic Books To The Big Screen.

First We Pre-visualized It [the Flying Fish Scene In 'life Of Pi'] So The Actors Could Act. It Took A Long Time To Get That To Come To Life And To Design Those Coming Out Of The Screen. We Had Great Fun With That. It Takes A Long Time, A Year Maybe.

At Times I Can't Help Going For Visual Comfort. Sometimes A Picture Fills Up Your Head, And You Try To Move The Actors Around To Make That Visual Statement.

Meanwhile, The Ice Storm Was Still In Development, And That Was Something I Really Wanted To Do, And Frankly I Don't Think I Was Ready To Do A Big Production Like This.