Obviously it was an artistic choice, the thing was just big enough to hold her, and not big enough to hold him. James Cameron More Quotes by James Cameron More Quotes From James Cameron Targets and timetables do matter. But there is a dispirited feeling that the U.S. just rejects multilateral target-setting for the time being. James Cameron target rejection feelings What are you gonna do, talk the alien to death? James Cameron aliens With 'Avatar,' I thought, Forget all these chick flicks and do a classic guys' adventure movie, something in the Edgar Rice Burroughs mold, like John Carter of Mars - a soldier goes to Mars. James Cameron guy soldier adventure 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 league football thinking 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 engineering technology father 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 couple opportunity directors I always do makeup touch-ups myself, especially for blood, wounds, and dirt. It saves so much time. James Cameron dirt makeup blood Hate is a disease, and in 1930 I became sick with hatred. James Cameron sick hate hatred The last I checked, 'Titanic' worldwide has grossed $1.3 billion. Imagine how much more it would have grossed if I had gotten the sky correct. James Cameron imagine lasts sky When Nikita Khrushchev wrapped himself in the bloody mantle of the Czars he broke Hungary, he broke the little Communist parties over the western world, and he broke the hearts of many honest men who had trusted a little too far, a little too long. James Cameron party heart men That worst evil of long dictatorships: the loss of all political experience. James Cameron evil loss long 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 tiny realizing black I dreamed I was a soldier who could bring peace. Sooner or later, though, you always have to wake up. James Cameron sooner-or-later wake-up soldier The films that influenced me were so disparate that there's almost no pattern. James Cameron patterns film Nature's not our enemy, it's our sustenance; and we need it - and we need nature healthy for us to be healthy and to survive long term James Cameron healthy long enemy You don't rest well as long as you're seeking vengeance. I feel sad justice wasn't done, but it's time to move on and sleep well. James Cameron sleep long moving It's about human imagination and curiosity. What's out there? What's in the great beyond? What exists at levels we can't see with our five senses? James Cameron five-senses curiosity imagination I guess Titanic because it made the most money. No, I`m kidding. I don`t really have a favorite. Maybe Terminator because that was the film that was the first one back when I was essentially a truck driver. James Cameron back-when film firsts So much of literary sci-fi is about creating worlds that are rich and detailed and make sense at a social level. We'll create a world for people and then later present a narrative in that world. James Cameron creating people world Go home, pick up your video camera, and make a film. James Cameron video cameras home