The day before shooting a photo for Vanity Fair ’s annual Hollywood Issue, James Cameron sat down with a VF video crew for a definitive interview about his career. In the video, Cameron discusses his films—from The Terminator to his soon-to-be-released Avatar: Fire and Ash. Cameron is his typical candid self throughout the hour-long discussion, speaking about the troubled production of The Abyss and his pursuit to cast Leonardo DiCaprio in Titanic , even after the actor had passed on the role. What has remained consistent, Cameron says, is his commitment to “the sanctity of the theatrical experience.”

Before directing The Terminator, Cameron says, the filmmaker had been fired from a previous feature. “I was at less than zero,” he explains. “I was living in a litt

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