We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi.

The L.A. weather is a lot like Taiwan's, where you don't observe four seasons, so the years can pass and you don't feel a thing.

We need storytelling. Otherwise life just goes on and on, like the number Pi.

I just did a dramatic love story. Whether it's a cultural phenomenon is not for me to say.

Sexuality is a big issue, but there are others - how much you commit to a relationship, to social obligation, to honesty and being honest with yourself.

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.

I like to do drama, something about life that could be disappointing.