James Cameron
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
Yeah.
You know, so no formal training in film aesthetics or film history or any of that stuff.
But it was just kind of building up that, all right, you know, it's that urge to when you can't not draw, when you start thinking filmically and in terms of storytelling, it's like, well, you can't not tell a story.
You've got to tell somebody the damn story, you know.
And I think anybody out there that hears this, that feels that way,
You're stuck.
You don't have a choice.
You're probably going to be a filmmaker or a writer or whatever it is.
Just accept it.
You might never be rich because it's a difficult task.
And there's a lot of luck, I think, involved in getting to be a successful storyteller.
But I just followed it.
I didn't question it.
You know, I just quit my job one day.
No rancor, just, guys, I got stuff to do.
I'll see you.
To the other drivers, and they're like, what?
Where are you going?
You know?
I think it was a conviction.