Thinking Back To Those Earlier Days, I

I Think Great Romance Needs Great Obstacles And Textures.

My Father Was The Center Of The Family, And Everyone Tried To Please Him.

My Hometown Was One Of The Major U.s. Air Force Bases.

Only One Time In My Career I Had That Feeling [that This Is Not Gonna Get Made], It Was For This Movie [life Of Pi]. It Was Right Before We Started The Physical Pre-production. I Pre-visualized The Whole Ocean Part Before We Made The Movie, I Was That Prepared. At One Point They Seemed To Want To Drop It Because It Was Really Risky. The Budget We Proposed Was A Lot Higher Than They Expected, They Wanted To [drop It]. After All, It's A Philosophical Book And A Literature Property, It's Not Batman.

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.