We had the most amazing meeting with Jean-Pierre ? one of those instances where he verbalized the things I had in my head, and every hope of what this movie could become.

To glob everybody together is impossible to do.

People have too many options for their entertainment, and we've got to work to get people excited about movie business.

I just want people to tell their friends to go.

So many filmmakers were passionate about [ Life of Pi ], but we felt a responsibility to the material and Yann Martel to wait for the right one at the right time.

I'm not trying to take anything away from film acting, because it's also really hard, and I worship the people who are great at it. But to actually have to go out on stage night after night and do it with your audience right there is so wild and scary and exciting and fun and all the things that I remember loving about it.