James Cameron talks about his infamous Oscars speech 25 years later...
There's no denying that James Cameron is one of the most successful filmmakers of all time. He's helmed some major classics like The Terminator and Aliens, and those aren't even his movies that are included in the top ten highest-grossing films list. This week, Avatar: The Way of the Water became the seventh highest-grossing film of all time, and the list also includes Avatar in the number one spot and Titanic in the number three spot.
"Mom, dad, there is no way that I can express to you what I'm feeling right now," Cameron said during his speech."My heart is full to bursting, except to say, 'I'm the king of the world!'" Of course, the last bit is an iconic quote from Titanic, and many thought quoting it in his speech was arrogant. However, Cameron says that wasn't his intention.
"What I learned is you don't quote your own movie to the Academy if you win, because it's cringe-worthy," Cameron continued."It makes the assumption that you didn't win by a narrow margin, but that every single person sitting in the audience on that night at the Kodak Theatre saw and loved Titanic. And we'll never know how much we won by, but it might not have been a landslide at all." He added,"I took flack for all 25 years after that ...
Why Did Kate Winslet Join Avatar: The Way of the Water? Cameron reunited with Titanic star Kate Winslet for Avatar: The Way of the Water. Recently, ComicBook.com's Brandon Davis had the chance to chat with Winset about working with Cameron again after all these years. "He just asked me and I think I admired the first Avatar. Loved it so much in the same way that we all did. And you know, Jim is an incredible writer of strong female roles and he was one of the first to be really doing that," Winslet explained."And when he described Ronal to me and said that she was the female, sort of goddess warrior leader of the water tribe, I just thought, I mean, to me, that's proper sort of music to my ears.
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