James Cameron (director) quotes

James Cameron is a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter, acclaimed for directing blockbuster films such as "Titanic" and "Avatar." His movies are known for groundbreaking visual effects and record-breaking box office success. He continues to innovate in the film industry and inspire new generations of storytellers. Here are 55 of his quotes:

if you set your goals ridiculously high and its a failure, you will fail above everyone elses success.

James Cameron (director)

People call me a perfectionist, but I'm not. I'm a rightist. I do something until it's right, and then I move on to the next thing.

James Cameron (director)

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 (director)

Sometimes your whole life boils down to one insane move.

James Cameron (director)

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

James Cameron (director)

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

James Cameron (director)

I'm King Of The World!!!

James Cameron (director)

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 (director)

I blame it on Walt Disney, where animals are given human qualities. People don't understand that a wild animal is not something that is nice to pat. It can seriously harm you.

James Cameron (director)

Jack: Where to, Miss? Rose: To the stars.

James Cameron (director)

I love waking up in the morning not knowing what's gonna happen or, who I'm gonna meet, where I'm gonna wind up.

James Cameron (director)

A woman's heart is an ocean of deep secrets.

James Cameron (director)

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 (director)

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.

James Cameron (director)

The magic doesn't come from within the director's mind, it comes from within the hearts of the actors.

James Cameron (director)

This may surprise you, because it surprised me when I found out, but the single biggest thing that an individual can do to combat climate change is to stop eating animals. Because of the huge, huge carbon footprint of animal agriculture. I was shocked to find out that animal agriculture directly or indirectly accounts for 14.5% of all greenhouse gas emissions, compared to all transportation – every ship, car, truck, plane on the planet only accounts for 13%. Less than animal agriculture. So most people think that buying a Prius is the answer, and it's certainly not wrong, but it's not the biggest agent of climate change.

James Cameron (director)

You're going to radiate health. You're going to have a better sex drive. That's what shifting away from meat and dairy does.

James Cameron (director)

You have to be willing to take those risks. ... In whatever you are doing, failure is an option. But fear is not.

James Cameron (director)

But failure has to be an option.

James Cameron (director)

I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You don't know what hand you're gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you... to make each day count.

James Cameron (director)

Curiosity is the most powerful thing you own.

James Cameron (director)

Everything is backwards now, like out there is the the real world and this is the dream.

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