I had pictured myself as a filmmaker but I had never pictured myself as a director if that makes any sense at… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Don't get seduced by your own stuff; work hard to keep a blank slate state of mind each time you watch your… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
You know, in the film making business no one ever gives you anything. — James Cameron Copy Share Image
The films that influenced me were so disparate that there's almost no pattern. — James Cameron Copy Share Image
The magic doesn't come from within the director's mind, it comes from within the hearts of the actors. — 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
Usually, when you go to a movie, your consciousness floats above the film. 3D sucks you in and makes it a visceral… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I don't use film cameras. I don't do visual effects the same way. We don't use miniature models; it's all CG now,… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
I watched a couple of really bad directors work, and I saw how they completely botched it up and missed the visual… — 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
I pick my feature film battles very carefully. They're going to be personal and they're going to take a lot of my… — 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
Building upon the world we created with 'Avatar' has been a rare and incredibly rewarding experience. In writing the new films, I've… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Getting the audience to cry for the Terminator at the end of T2, for me that was the whole purpose of making… — 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
Don't get seduced by your own stuff. Don't get high on your own supply. The hardest thing as a filmmaker is when… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
If you wait until the right time to have a child you'll die childless, and I think film making is very much… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
In writing the new films, I’ve come to realize that AVATAR’s world, story and characters have become even richer than I anticipated,… — 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
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
I always do makeup touch-ups myself, especially for blood, wounds, and dirt. It saves so much time. — 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 because I'm… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
The nation that leads in renewable energy will be the nation that leads the world 10, 20 years from now. — James Cameron Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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