James Cameron

I had read tons of science fiction. I was fascinated by other worlds, other environments. For me, it was fantasy, but it was not fantasy in the sense of pure escapism. ↗

— James Cameron

#escapism #fantasy #fascinated #fiction #had

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

— James Cameron

#answer #cannot #film #film industry #industry

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 cause you to sort of doubt yourself. ↗

— James Cameron

#cause #doubt #listen #many #more

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. ↗

— James Cameron

#certainly #environment #football #gifted #good

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

#diving #i #i do #i love #live

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

#director #filmmaker #had #i #makes

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

#bit #give #long #long time #me