People call me a perfectionist, but I'm not. I'm a rightist. I do something until it's right, and then I move on… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I think people had somehow gotten the sense that we have explored everything, when that isn't the case. We so know so… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
There are many talented people who haven't fulfilled their dreams because they over thought it, or they were too cautious, and were… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Rose: You have a gift Jack, you do. You see people. Jack: I see you. Rose: And? Jack: You wouldn't have jumped. — James Cameron Copy Share Image
The film industry is about saying 'no' to people, and inherently you cannot take 'no' for an answer. — James Cameron Copy Share Image
So much of literary sci-fi is about creating worlds that are rich and detailed and make sense at a social level. We'll… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I blame it on Walt Disney, where animals are given human qualities. People don't understand that a wild animal is not something… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I've tried not to get sucked into the Hollywood hierarchy system. Personally, I don't like it when people are deferential to me… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
To convince people to back your idea, you've got to sell it to yourself and know when it's the moment. Sometimes that… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I feed on other people's creativity, photographers, artists of every kind. Sometimes a feeling that you get listening to a song can… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
A director's job is to make something happen and it doesn't happen by itself. So you wheedle, you cajole, you flatter people,… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I try to live with honor, even if it costs me millions of dollars and takes a long time. It's very unusual… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I want to challenge all of you as people of deep conscience, people who are environment stewards of the earth and oceans… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Religions fulfill deep-seated psychological needs for people, and if you don't get it from a specific religious doctrine, you'll get it from… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I lived in a small town. It was 2,000 people in Canada. A little river that went through it and we swam… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I think "Avatar" is kind of a unique category where people are enjoying the unique theatrical experience even though they may have… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
People of conscience in our leadership in Washington have been scared off by the right and the fossil fuel lobbies. They won't… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I tried [being a mogul]. It bores me. I don't really want to produce other people's movies. Because they're either grown-up filmmakers… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
People think that what I see diving must drive what I put into films, but that isn't really the case. When I… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I'm willing to engage or indulge real ideas, but if we don't do something [about global warming], we're all going to die!… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Everybody's going to do the 3D slightly differently the same way that people are going to deal with color differently. Some movies… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Usually, when you go to a movie, your consciousness floats above the film. 3D sucks you in and makes it a visceral experience. — James Cameron Copy Share
I pick my feature film battles very carefully. They're going to be personal and they're going to take a lot of my energy. I'm… — James Cameron Copy Share
I tend to like strong female characters. It just interests me dramatically. A strong male character isn't interesting because it has been done and… — James Cameron Copy Share
It's about human imagination and curiosity. What's out there? What's in the great beyond? What exists at levels we can't see with our five… — James Cameron Copy Share
I do an awful lot of scuba diving. I love to be on the ocean, under the ocean. I live next to the ocean. — James Cameron Copy Share
I always do makeup touch-ups myself, especially for blood, wounds, and dirt. It saves so much time. — James Cameron Copy Share
I've tried not to get sucked into the Hollywood hierarchy system. Personally, I don't like it when people are deferential to me because I'm… — James Cameron Copy Share
The nation that leads in renewable energy will be the nation that leads the world 10, 20 years from now. — James Cameron Copy Share
Nature's not our enemy, it's our sustenance; and we need it - and we need nature healthy for us to be healthy and to… — James Cameron Copy Share
I'm a storyteller; that's what exploration really is all about. Going to places where others haven't been and returning to tell a story they… — James Cameron Copy Share
Literary science fiction is a very, very narrow band of the publishing business. I love science fiction in more of a pop-culture sense. And… — James Cameron Copy Share
I watched a couple of really bad directors work, and I saw how they completely botched it up and missed the visual opportunities of… — James Cameron Copy Share
You have to not listen to the nay sayers because there will be many and often they'll be much more qualified than you and… — James Cameron Copy Share
![“I tried [being a mogul]. It bores me. I don't really want to produce other people's movies. Because they're either grown-up filmmakers like Steven Soderbergh or Kathryn Bigelow that didn't really need me - and I've produced both of them. It's fun to sit around with them and be collegial, but they…” quote by James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/q/img-quotes/ed5/james-cameron-2754_bores_i-tried-being-a-mogul-it-bores-me-i-don_2804140.jpg)
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