There is a stereotype about successful directors also being tyrants on set, that they command their productions like old-time army generals, ruling with an iron fist and shutting down any attempt at questioning commands. Directors like Stanley Kubrick and Alfred Hitchcock were notorious for their perfectionism that verged on dictatorship. Likewise, James "never bet against him" Cameron is also notorious for having a bit of a temper, going so far as to acknowledge that he's been a "tinpot dictator" on set .

Cameron's demands for not just perfectionism, but to achieve the impossible on each of his movies, time and time again defying the odds, the budgets, and the technological restraints to deliver the highest-grossing films of all time several times can lead to sets being turned into bat

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