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James Cameron Quotes

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I do an awful lot of scuba diving. I love to be on the ocean, under the ocean. I live next to the ocean Picture Quote #1

I had pictured myself as a filmmaker but I had never pictured myself as a director if that makes any sense at all Picture Quote #1

I watched a couple of really bad directors work, and I saw how they completely botched it up and missed the visual opportunities of the scene when we had put things in front of them as opportunities. Set pieces, props and so on Picture Quote #1

If you wait until the right time to have a child you’ll die childless, and I think film making is very much the same thing. You just have to take the plunge and just start shooting something even if it’s bad Picture Quote #1

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It took me a long time to realize that you have to have a bit of an interlanguage with actors. You have to give them something that they can act with Picture Quote #1

My mother was a housewife but she was also an artist. My father was an electrical engineer Picture Quote #1

Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you’re a director. Everything after that you’re just negotiating your budget and your fee Picture Quote #1

The magic doesn’t come from within the director’s mind, it comes from within the hearts of the actors Picture Quote #1

There is a hugely underserved population out there... those who are the least capable of paying pay the highest Picture Quote #1

I dreamed I was a soldier who could bring peace. Sooner or later, though, you always have to wake up Picture Quote #1

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When the ship docks, I’m getting off with you. This is crazy. I know it doesn’t make any sense, that’s why I trust it Picture Quote #1

It’s important for me to have hope because that’s my job as a parent, to have hope, for my kids, that we’re not going to leave them in a world that’s in shambles, that’s a chaotic place, that’s a dangerous place Picture Quote #1

I’ve sworn off agnosticism, which I now call cowardly atheism. I’ve come to the position that in the complete absence of any supporting data whatsover for the persistence of the individual in some spiritual form, it is necessary to operate under the provisional conclusion that there is no afterlife and then be ready to amend that if I find out otherwise Picture Quote #1

So my message is in whichever realm, be it going into space or going into the deep sea, you have to balance the yin and yang of caution and boldness, risk aversion and risk taking, fear and fearlessness. No great accomplishment takes place, whether it be a movie or a deep ocean expedition, or a space mission, without a kind of dynamic equipoise between the two. Luck is not a factor. Hope is not a strategy. Fear is not an option Picture Quote #1

It’s not a requirement to eat animals, we just choose to do it, so it becomes a moral choice and one that is having a huge impact on the planet, using up resources and destroying the biosphere Picture Quote #1

Writing a screenplay, for me, is like juggling. It’s like, how many balls can you get in the air at once? All those ideas have to float out there to a certain point, and then they’ll crystallize into a pattern Picture Quote #1

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I want to challenge all of you as people of deep conscience, people who are environment stewards of the earth and oceans... By changing what you eat, you will change the entire contract between the human species and the natural world Picture Quote #1

Inspiration can hit you in the head at any time in any context. It could happen in a conversation. Talking to someone at a party, you can get an idea. But you’ve got to remember those inspirations Picture Quote #1

To convince people to back your idea, you’ve got to sell it to yourself and know when it’s the moment. Sometimes that means waiting. It’s like surfing. You don’t create energy, you just harvest energy already out there Picture Quote #1

The quickest way to destroy ocean science is to take human explorers out of the water Picture Quote #1

When you have the feeling that anything’s possible, sometimes you wind up acting on it Picture Quote #1

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This is a vast frontier that’s going to take us awhile to understand. It was very lunar, desolated, isolated Picture Quote #1

A director’s job is to make something happen and it doesn’t happen by itself. So you wheedle, you cajole, you flatter people, you tell them what needs to be done. And if you don’t bring a passion and an intensity to it, you shouldn’t be doing it Picture Quote #1

It’s really the sense of isolation, more than anything, realizing how tiny you are down in this big vast black unknown and unexplored place Picture Quote #1

The universe is like a giant bank vault lock, where the tumblers are constantly moving and once in a while the tumblers line up and you have to listen for the click. So you must be prepared in that moment to step through the door Picture Quote #1

I set my goals way higher than the achievable. And when I fail, I fail at a very high level. That’s my process. It’s really demented, but it actually works. When you are aiming really high and doing something new, you must be also prepared to fail, learn from your mistakes and begin with a new plan. More motivated than before Picture Quote #1

If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success Picture Quote #1

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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 (James Cameron Quotes) 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 (James Cameron Quotes) 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 Quotes) I had pictured myself as a filmmaker but I had never pictured myself as a director if that makes any sense at all (James Cameron Quotes) I watched a couple of really bad directors work, and I saw how they completely botched it up and missed the visual opportunities of the scene when we had put things in front of them as opportunities. Set pieces, props and so on (James Cameron Quotes) If you wait until the right time to have a child you’ll die childless, and I think film making is very much the same thing. You just have to take the plunge and just start shooting something even if it’s bad (James Cameron Quotes) It took me a long time to realize that you have to have a bit of an interlanguage with actors. You have to give them something that they can act with (James Cameron Quotes) My mother was a housewife but she was also an artist. My father was an electrical engineer (James Cameron Quotes) Pick up a camera. Shoot something. No matter how small, no matter how cheesy, no matter whether your friends and your sister star in it. Put your name on it as director. Now you’re a director. Everything after that you’re just negotiating your budget and your fee (James Cameron Quotes) The magic doesn’t come from within the director’s mind, it comes from within the hearts of the actors (James Cameron Quotes) There is a hugely underserved population out there... those who are the least capable of paying pay the highest (James Cameron Quotes) I dreamed I was a soldier who could bring peace. Sooner or later, though, you always have to wake up (James Cameron Quotes) When the ship docks, I’m getting off with you. This is crazy. I know it doesn’t make any sense, that’s why I trust it (James Cameron Quotes) It’s important for me to have hope because that’s my job as a parent, to have hope, for my kids, that we’re not going to leave them in a world that’s in shambles, that’s a chaotic place, that’s a dangerous place (James Cameron Quotes) I’ve sworn off agnosticism, which I now call cowardly atheism. I’ve come to the position that in the complete absence of any supporting data whatsover for the persistence of the individual in some spiritual form, it is necessary to operate under the provisional conclusion that there is no afterlife and then be ready to amend that if I find out otherwise (James Cameron Quotes) So my message is in whichever realm, be it going into space or going into the deep sea, you have to balance the yin and yang of caution and boldness, risk aversion and risk taking, fear and fearlessness. No great accomplishment takes place, whether it be a movie or a deep ocean expedition, or a space mission, without a kind of dynamic equipoise between the two. Luck is not a factor. Hope is not a strategy. Fear is not an option (James Cameron Quotes) It’s not a requirement to eat animals, we just choose to do it, so it becomes a moral choice and one that is having a huge impact on the planet, using up resources and destroying the biosphere (James Cameron Quotes) Writing a screenplay, for me, is like juggling. It’s like, how many balls can you get in the air at once? All those ideas have to float out there to a certain point, and then they’ll crystallize into a pattern (James Cameron Quotes) I want to challenge all of you as people of deep conscience, people who are environment stewards of the earth and oceans... By changing what you eat, you will change the entire contract between the human species and the natural world (James Cameron Quotes) Inspiration can hit you in the head at any time in any context. It could happen in a conversation. Talking to someone at a party, you can get an idea. But you’ve got to remember those inspirations (James Cameron Quotes) To convince people to back your idea, you’ve got to sell it to yourself and know when it’s the moment. Sometimes that means waiting. It’s like surfing. You don’t create energy, you just harvest energy already out there (James Cameron Quotes) The quickest way to destroy ocean science is to take human explorers out of the water (James Cameron Quotes) Avatar is the most high tech film in terms of its execution, dealing with essentially a very low tech subject; which is our relationship with nature... and in fact the irony is that the film is about our relationship with nature and how our technological civilization has taken us several removes away from a truly natural existence and the consequences of that to us (James Cameron Quotes) When you have the feeling that anything’s possible, sometimes you wind up acting on it (James Cameron Quotes) This is a vast frontier that’s going to take us awhile to understand. It was very lunar, desolated, isolated (James Cameron Quotes) A director’s job is to make something happen and it doesn’t happen by itself. So you wheedle, you cajole, you flatter people, you tell them what needs to be done. And if you don’t bring a passion and an intensity to it, you shouldn’t be doing it (James Cameron Quotes) It’s really the sense of isolation, more than anything, realizing how tiny you are down in this big vast black unknown and unexplored place (James Cameron Quotes) The universe is like a giant bank vault lock, where the tumblers are constantly moving and once in a while the tumblers line up and you have to listen for the click. So you must be prepared in that moment to step through the door (James Cameron Quotes) I set my goals way higher than the achievable. And when I fail, I fail at a very high level. That’s my process. It’s really demented, but it actually works. When you are aiming really high and doing something new, you must be also prepared to fail, learn from your mistakes and begin with a new plan. More motivated than before (James Cameron Quotes) If you set your goals ridiculously high and it’s a failure, you will fail above everyone else’s success (James Cameron Quotes)

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