Quotes by James Cameron

About James Cameron:

James Francis Cameron is a Canadian filmmaker, inventor, engineer, philanthropist, and deep-sea explorer. He first found major success with the science fiction action film The Terminator (1984). He then became a popular Hollywood director and was hired to write and direct Aliens (1986); three years later he followed up with The Abyss (1989).
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Building upon the world we created with 'Avatar' has been a rare and incredibly rewarding experience. In writing the new films, I've come to realize that 'Avatar's world, story and characters have become even richer than I anticipated, and it became ...

James Cameron

Any direct experience that I have with indigenous peoples and their plights may feed into the nature of the story I choose to tell. In fact, it almost certainly will.

James Cameron

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it's a failure, you will fail above everyone else's success.

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You know, in the film making business no one ever gives you anything.

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I believe 3D is inevitable because it's about aligning our entertainment systems to our sensory system. We all have two eyes; we all see the world in 3D. And it's natural for us to want our entertainment in 3D as well. It's just getting the technolog...

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Every time you dive, you hope you'll see something new - some new species. Sometimes the ocean gives you a gift, sometimes it doesn't.

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Nature's imagination is so boundless compared to our own meager human imagination.

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What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death?

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There are many talented people who haven't fulfilled their dreams because they over thought it, or they were too cautious, and were unwilling to make the leap of faith.

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I actually started as a model builder and quickly progressed into production design, which made sense because I could draw and paint. But I kept watching that guy over there who was moving the actors around and setting up the shots.

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I certainly didn't think of myself as gifted. The standards for being gifted in my environment were if you were good in Little League or if you were good in football.

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The future of 3D will be defined by TV.

James Cameron

I love short trips to New York; to me it is the finest three-day town on earth.

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I was always fascinated by engineering. Maybe it was an attempt maybe to get my father's respect or interest, or maybe it was just a genetic love of technology, but I was always trying to build things.

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I do an awful lot of scuba diving. I love to be on the ocean, under the ocean. I live next to the ocean.

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The film industry is about saying 'no' to people, and inherently you cannot take 'no' for an answer.

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I like the evening in India, the one magic moment when the sun balances on the rim of the world, and the hush descends, and ten thousand civil servants drift homeward on a river of bicycles, brooding on the Lord Krishna and the cost of living.

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I lived in a small town. It was 2,000 people in Canada. A little river that went through it and we swam in the - you know, there was a lot of water around. Niagara Falls was about four or five miles away.

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I mean, you have to be able - you have to have made the commitment within yourself to do whatever it takes to get the job done and to try to inspire other people to do it, because obviously the first rule is you can't do it by yourself.

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Author Bio

  • NameJames Cameron
  • DescriptionCanadian film director
  • AliasesJames Francis Cameron
  • BornAugust 16, 1954
  • CountryCanada
  • ProfessionFilm Producer; Film Director; Screenwriter; Film Editor; Inventor
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Director; Directors Guild Of America Award