Go Home, Pick Up Your Video Camera,

What Are The Lessons Learned? Well, I Think Number One Is Curiosity. It's The Most Powerful Thing You Own. Imagination Is A Force That Can Actually Manifest A Reality. And The Respect Of Your Team Is More Important Than All The Laurels In The World.

Failure Is An Option, Fear Is Not.

Climate Change Is Critical To Me Because I'm A Parent; I Feel A Sense Of Responsibility To The Future. I'm Not Going To Be Around To See Its Worst Effects, Which Are Going To Be Hitting In The 2030s, '40s, '50s, But My Kids Will.

Avatar Is The Most High Tech Film In Terms Of Its Execution, Dealing With Essentially A Very Low Tech Subject; Which Is Our Relationship With Nature...and In Fact The Irony Is That The Film Is About Our Relationship With Nature And How Our Technological Civilization Has Taken Us Several Removes Away From A Truly Natural Existence And The Consequences Of That To Us.

I've Tried Not To Get Sucked Into The Hollywood Hierarchy System. Personally, I Don't Like It When People Are Deferential To Me Because I'm An Established Filmmaker. It's A Blue-collar Sensibility.