--- title: "10 Way Quotes By James Cameron" description: "10 Way quotes by James Cameron. Plus more from James Cameron and more Way sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/james-cameron-2754_decided_it-was-long-ago-in-my-life-as-a-simple-r_2587141.png" --- > [It was long ago in my life as a simple reporter that I decided that facts must never get in the way…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/it-was-long-ago-in-my-life-as-a-simple-reporter-that-i-decided-that/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/james-cameron-2754_decided_it-was-long-ago-in-my-life-as-a-simple-r_2587141.png) > [Rose: But now you know there was a man named Jack Dawson and that he saved me... in every way that a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/rose-but-now-you-know-there-was-a-man-named-jack-dawson-and-that-he/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/james-cameron-2754_knows_rose-but-now-you-know-there-was-a-man-na_1611176.png) > [The quickest way to destroy ocean science is to take human explorers out of the water](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/the-quickest-way-to-destroy-ocean-science-is-to-take-human-explorers/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/james-cameron-2754_destroy_the-quickest-way-to-destroy-ocean-scienc_600577.png) > [Action is a way of externalizing an emotional state. You might not be running, leaping, climbing and doing all that. But, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/action-is-a-way-of-externalizing-an-emotional-state-you-might-not-be/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7a1/james-cameron-2754_action_action-is-a-way-of-externalizing-an-emot_2617968.png) > [I set my goals way higher than the achievable. And when I fail, I fail at a very high level. That's my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/i-set-my-goals-way-higher-than-the-achievable-and-when-i-fail-i-fail/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/348/james-cameron-2754_demented_i-set-my-goals-way-higher-than-the-achie_1580893.png) > [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,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/i-don-t-use-film-cameras-i-don-t-do-visual-effects-the-same-way-we/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/32b/james-cameron-2754_cameras_i-don-t-use-film-cameras-i-don-t-do-visu_1095451.png) > [It'll be all of our efforts together. It won't won't ever be exactly the way I imagined it. And that is, I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/it-ll-be-all-of-our-efforts-together-it-won-t-won-t-ever-be-exactly/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/766/james-cameron-2754_business_it-ll-be-all-of-our-efforts-together-it_723621.png) > [Everybody's going to do the 3D slightly differently the same way that people are going to deal with color differently. Some movies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/everybody-s-going-to-do-the-3d-slightly-differently-the-same-way-that/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c1/james-cameron-2754_color_everybody-s-going-to-do-the-3d-slightly_1805221.png) > [The literature now is so opaque to the average person that you couldn't take a science-fiction short story that's published now and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/the-literature-now-is-so-opaque-to-the-average-person-that-you-couldn/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ba8/james-cameron-2754_audience_the-literature-now-is-so-opaque-to-the-a_2424376.jpg) > [Literary science fiction is a very, very narrow band of the publishing business. I love science fiction in more of a pop-culture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/literary-science-fiction-is-a-very-very-narrow-band-of-the-publishing/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3df/james-cameron-2754_band_literary-science-fiction-is-a-very-very_271570.png) ## Other authors on Way ## More by James Cameron > [Usually, when you go to a movie, your consciousness floats above the film. 3D sucks you in and makes it a visceral experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/usually-when-you-go-to-a-movie-your-consciousness-floats-above-the/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/i-pick-my-feature-film-battles-very-carefully-they-re-going-to-be/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) > [I don't look at scripts. I just write them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/i-don-t-look-at-scripts-i-just-write-them/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/i-tend-to-like-strong-female-characters-it-just-interests-me/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/it-s-about-human-imagination-and-curiosity-what-s-out-there-what-s-in/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) > [I do an awful lot of scuba diving. I love to be on the ocean, under the ocean. I live next to the ocean.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/i-do-an-awful-lot-of-scuba-diving-i-love-to-be-on-the-ocean-under-the/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) > [I always do makeup touch-ups myself, especially for blood, wounds, and dirt. It saves so much time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/i-always-do-makeup-touch-ups-myself-especially-for-blood-wounds-and/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/i-ve-tried-not-to-get-sucked-into-the-hollywood-hierarchy-system/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) > [The nation that leads in renewable energy will be the nation that leads the world 10, 20 years from now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/the-nation-that-leads-in-renewable-energy-will-be-the-nation-that/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/nature-s-not-our-enemy-it-s-our-sustenance-and-we-need-it-and-we-need/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/i-m-a-storyteller-that-s-what-exploration-really-is-all-about-going/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/literary-science-fiction-is-a-very-very-narrow-band-of-the-publishing/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) > [I watched a couple of really bad directors work, and I saw how they completely botched it up and missed the visual opportunities of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/i-watched-a-couple-of-really-bad-directors-work-and-i-saw-how-they/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/you-have-to-not-listen-to-the-nay-sayers-because-there-will-be-many/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) > [Your imagination can create a reality](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/your-imagination-can-create-a-reality/) [James Cameron](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-cameron/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/way/james-cameron/#itemlist", "name": "10 Way Quotes By James Cameron", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It was long ago in my life as a simple reporter that I decided that facts must never get in the way of truth.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Cameron" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/it-was-long-ago-in-my-life-as-a-simple-reporter-that-i-decided-that/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/james-cameron-2754_decided_it-was-long-ago-in-my-life-as-a-simple-r_2587141.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/james-cameron-2754_decided_it-was-long-ago-in-my-life-as-a-simple-r_2587141.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/57e/james-cameron-2754_decided_it-was-long-ago-in-my-life-as-a-simple-r_2587141.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It was long ago in my life as a simple reporter that I decided that facts must never get in the way of truth.” — James Cameron", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Rose: But now you know there was a man named Jack Dawson and that he saved me... in every way that a person can be saved", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Cameron" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/rose-but-now-you-know-there-was-a-man-named-jack-dawson-and-that-he/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/james-cameron-2754_knows_rose-but-now-you-know-there-was-a-man-na_1611176.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/james-cameron-2754_knows_rose-but-now-you-know-there-was-a-man-na_1611176.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/228/james-cameron-2754_knows_rose-but-now-you-know-there-was-a-man-na_1611176.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Rose: But now you know there was a man named Jack Dawson and that he saved me... in every way that a person…” — James Cameron", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "The quickest way to destroy ocean science is to take human explorers out of the water", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "James Cameron" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-cameron/the-quickest-way-to-destroy-ocean-science-is-to-take-human-explorers/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/james-cameron-2754_destroy_the-quickest-way-to-destroy-ocean-scienc_600577.png", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/james-cameron-2754_destroy_the-quickest-way-to-destroy-ocean-scienc_600577.png", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1f1/james-cameron-2754_destroy_the-quickest-way-to-destroy-ocean-scienc_600577.png", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“The quickest way to destroy ocean science is to take human explorers out of the water” — James Cameron", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 4, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Action is a way of externalizing an emotional state. 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