James Cameron Quotes about Character

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Action is a way of externalizing an emotional state. You might not be running, leaping, climbing and doing all that. But, the way you create that emotional state in a movie is by having the characters have physical

Action is a way of externalizing an emotional state. You might not be running, leaping, climbing and doing all that. But, the way you create that emotional state in a movie is by having the characters have physical jeopardy that they have to work against.

James Cameron

Running, Character, Emotional

"Producer James Cameron, Director Alister Grierson & Producer Andrew Wight Interview SANCTUM 3D MOBILE EXPERIENCE". Interview with Christina Radish, collider.com. January 5, 2011.

Getting the audience to cry for the Terminator at the end of T2, for me that was the whole purpose of making that film. If you can get the audience to feel emotion for a character that in the previous film you despised utterly and were terrified by, then that's a cinematic arc.

James Cameron

Character, Purpose, Emotion

In writing the new films, I’ve come to realize that AVATAR’s world, story and characters have become even richer than I anticipated, and it became apparent that two films would not be enough to capture everything I wanted to put on screen.

James Cameron

Writing, Character, Two

"AVATAR Franchise Expanded to Three Sequels as James Cameron Recruits Co-Writers; AVATAR 2 Set for December 2016 Release" by Adam Chitwood, collider.com. August 1, 2013.

I tend to like strong female characters. It just interests me dramatically. A strong male character isn't interesting because it has been done and it's so cliched. A weak male character is interesting: somebody else hasn't done it a hundred times. A strong female character is still interesting to me because it hasn't been done all that much, finding the balance of femininity and strength. [From a 1986 Fangoria interview]

James Cameron

Strong, Character, Interesting

I don’t feel that I’m making movies for iPhones. If someone wants to watch it on an iPhone, I’m not going to stop them, especially if they’re paying for it, but I don’t recommend it. I think it’s dumb, when you have characters that are so small in the frame that they’re not visible. I’m trying to make an epic.

James Cameron

Character, Epic, Thinking

"James Cameron Interview AVATAR Blu-ray; Also talks TITANIC 3D and AVATAR 2". Interview with Sara Wayland, collider.com. March 24, 2010.