"So anything that's not absolutely needed, we would cut it [footage] out, which would make me very insecure; everything has to work, and it's a water movie in 3D with a kid, animals. So the more I do that, the more I'm scared of "What if it doesn't go the way we want it?" But we had to do that to meet the budget, otherwise we wouldn't even have a start-date."

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Source: Ang Lee Talks LIFE OF PI, the Difficulty of Getting the Project Off the Ground, 3D as a New Artistic Form, Deleted Scenes and More. Interview with Steve 'Frosty' Weintraub, collider.com. October 3, 2012.

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Ang Lee

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Ang Lee is a renowned filmmaker known for his exploration of identity and cultural conflict in films like 'Brokeback Mountain' and 'Life of Pi.'

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