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 CameronPeople 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 CameronI 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.
James CameronA 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 CameronI donโt feel that Iโm making movies for iPhones. If someone wants to watch it on an iPhone, Iโm not going to stop them, especially if theyโre paying for it, but I donโt recommend it. I think itโs dumb, when you have characters that are so small in the frame that theyโre not visible. Iโm trying to make an epic.
James Cameron