“I dont think of it as some Holy Grail, thats for sure,” Cameron said.
The director thinks his movies' popularity should shield him from that kind of criticism.
“You know what?
James Cameron at the 2024 Saturn Awards.Gregg DeGuire/Variety via Getty
Let me see your three-out-of-the-four-highest-grossing films then well talk about dialogue effectiveness,” he said.
3, and 1997’sTitanicholds the fourth spot.
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InEntertainment Weekly’soral history ofThe Terminatorin 2014, Cameron reflected on hesitantly meeting with Schwarzenegger to play Kyle Reese.
Forget the Reese thing.
Arnold would make a hell of a Terminator.'"
“I could visualize very clearly what the Terminator should look like.
“I said, ‘No, no, no look, the guy has 17 lines.’
I didnt want to do that.
I was building my career, being a leading man and not being a villain.
And so cool that some of the people will cheer.”
Cameron didn’t actually have to adjust his plans for the film much once Schwarzenegger came aboard.
“We didnt change a line of dialogue,” he told EW.
Arnold stands out in a crowd.
But it gave the film power in a way I hadnt anticipated.”
