It's not a pleasure torturing actors, although some of them enjoy it.

Sometimes, you have to get angry to get things done.

You become the movie you are making.

I don't have incredible knowledge about films or of filmmaking history; I'm not that kind of person.

Americans are hidden dragons to me.

When you talk about God, the first thing that comes along is not love, it's fear. You have to fear, and be in awe. You have to be scared. Any religion, it's like first thing.

I think for most people, the audience probably couldn't tell the difference, but I know they [shots of visual effects] can be better. And the people working know they can be more precise. I'm still doing another round of sound mixing and color timing, pretty technical stuff. I think the movie [Life of Pi] is really presentable, nothing was left out that would take you out of the movie. I just need to perfect the job and I still have two weeks to go [to deliver final cut to Fox].