James Cameron (AI) PART 1 OF 4

"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. The Niagara Falls. And so, you know, I've always sort of loved the water -- possibly as a result of that, and that has manifested itself obviously in my work."

"I look back at, you know, I was at ten years old or nine years old, and I'm the same person now, you know, and in essence--in wanting to build things and wanting to get a lot of people together and do some grandiose thing, whether it was build a fort or a tree house, or an airplane. Once we built an airplane. Not intending it to fly, just hang from a tree but, you know, that sort of thing. And I realize I'm just doing the same thing now. I'm just getting a bunch of kids to help me build a fort, except that now it takes $100 million, and the kids are all my age."

"My biology teacher was our muse at that time. And I think the fact that we were having to do everything, that it wasn't handed to us, may have created a kind of a work ethic that paid off then in independent film production because it's the same thing. You know, you're finding scraps and bits and pieces, and putting it all together and putting on a show. And it's that sense of being able to create some moment of glory, some showmanship -- out of nothing, out of baling wire -- that is maybe a lesson that was learned there as a result of this man who just decided to have a theater arts program."

"I was more like the -- kind of the misfit, the outsider. And of course, the misfits and the outsiders all collect together like this kind of pond scum around the sides. And that's where all the good ideas come from. I certainly never thought of myself as, you know, superior or gifted in any way. Just different. Definitely different. And happy. Satisfied to be different. Maybe not always happy to be different, but satisfied to be different. "

"If you don't have the ability to make that leap of faith it's going to be harder for you to accomplish something great, because there are going to be moments, there are going to be little windows of opportunity that open for a split second and you either squirt through or you don't. But at the moment that you do that, you have to have prepared yourself. You have to have prepared yourself for that fight, because that's going to be the fight of your life. Whatever that opportunity is, when you grab it, it's going to be more energy than you can manage. It's going to be grabbing the tiger by the tail and if you have not prepared yourself mentally for it through study, through knowing and hypothesizing what it will be like when you're in that position, you won't be able to deal with it. And half of what you've concluded before the fact in your theoretical projection is going to be wrong but half of it will be right and that's the part you're going to prevail with." [ Key to Success ] Courage

"What finally attracted me to film in such a definitive way was... it was the only place I could reconcile the need to tell stories and to work in a visual art medium, and the desire to understand things at a technological level -- and my fascination with engineering and technology."

"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. They had these great actors to work with and they just blew it. And there was a moment where I said, "I may not be very good at this but I know I'm better than that guy." And that was kind of a critical moment because when you realize that you can at least be better than somebody else who is already doing it, then you can visualize yourself doing the job. " [ Key to Success ] Vision

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[kimc53]

What a brilliant filmmaker, Anyone who can pull off an amazing sequel to a film like Alien definitely has serious talent.

[magicalangel0]

@kimc53 agreed :)

[SkyFortStudios]

You may not like a directors style or the fact that they're successful or maybe even that they're not successful enough but those directors that make it (often in their own opinion) are some of the smartest and self aware people ive ever seen.

[magicalangel0]

@SkyFortStudios definitely! it's very difficult to make it in this business because there is a lot of competition, but those that make it, u have to give it to them! I think the best time to become a filmmaker was the 70s, 80s, and 90s. Now people just spit out movies that are not very good quality. Plus, it's harder to impressive someone, what hasn't been done..

[SkyFortStudios]

@magicalangel0 I agree there is a lot of competition, especially with all these small inexpensive dslr's coming out, independent filmmakers now have the tools to make a professional looking movies. More young people have the chance to show their worth, although, this does not mean that what they produce is of quality. Like you said most movies now are not worth much intellectually but when you get someone new who really knows what they want and has a fresh way of thinking, they will stand out.

[magicalangel0]

@SkyFortStudios thank you so much for your feedback.

[OvercomerFromFargoND]

Thanks so much for posting! I really enjoyed it. Hope you can keep it up - it's actually pretty inspirational.

[micosair]

thank you for posting this!

[8Recon8]

James Cameron will be remembered for Avatar just like Stanley Kubrick is remembered for 2001.

[SkyFortStudios]

@magicalangel0 It has been beyond a pleasure :)

[SkyFortStudios]

Also, again like you said, most everything has been done before. It's near impossible to really come up with something new, not impossible but close. The grand master Stanley Kubrick told his actors and the people he worked with that most everything has been done before, our job is to make it better. Going off of that even more you can change an idea and flip it on its head and only then get something new. the idea is old but the approach is now fresh. I wanna do this as a dir, reinvent the form

[SkyFortStudios]

Also, again like you said, most everything has been done before. It's near impossible to really come up with something new, not impossible but close. The grand master Stanley Kubrick told his actors and the people he worked with that most everything has been done before, our job is to make it better. Going off of that even more you can change an idea and flip it on its head and only then get something new. the idea is old but the approach is now fresh. I wanna do this as a dir, reinvent the form