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James Cameron Quotes

Total quotes: 43
“Dr. Grace Augustine: Jake, that armor's too thick. Trust me. It's a territorial threat display. Do not run or he'll charge.

Jake Sully: What do I do? Dance with it?”
— Jake Sully, Avatar
Tagged: territorial, Sassy, dance, charge
“She said all energy is only borrowed, and one day you have to give it back.”
— Jake Sully, Avatar
Tagged: Energy, borrowed, Return, Circle Of Life
“All I ever wanted was a single thing worth fighting for.”
— Jake Sully, Avatar
Tagged: Desire, wanted, fighting for, Thing
“Everything is backwards now, like out there is the true world, and in here is the dream.”
— Jake Sully, Avatar
Tagged: backwards, Everything, Reality, true world, Dream, Unreal
“Out there beyond that fence every living thing that crawls, flies, or squats in the mud wants to kill you and eat your eyes for jujubes.”
— Col. Quaritch, Avatar
Tagged: fence, living thing, Death, crawls, flies
“When I was lying in the V.A. hospital with a big hole blown through the middle of my life, I started having these dreams of flying. I was free. But sooner or later, you always have to wake up.”
— Jake Sully, Avatar
Tagged: hospital, Life, Dreams, Flying, Wake Up
“The way I had it figured, Toruk's the baddest cat in the sky. Nothing attacks him. So why would he ever look up? That was just a theory.”
— Jake Sully, Avatar
Tagged: baddest, Cat, Sky, Look Up, Theory
“[to Rose as he kisses her hand at the bottom of the grand stairway] I saw that in a nickelodeon once and I always wanted to do it.”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: Nickelodeon, kiss
“Ruth: Tell us of the accommodations in steerage, Mr. Dawson. I hear they are quite good on this ship.

Jack: [respectfully, playfully, jokingly] The best I've seen, ma'am. Hardly any rats.”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: cruise ships, Rats
“Cal Hockley: Where are you going? To him? What, to be a whore to a gutter rat?

Rose: I'd rather be his whore than your wife.”
— Rose Dewitt Bukater, Titanic
Tagged: Whore, Wife, gutter rat
“Helen Tasker: Have you ever killed anyone?

Harry: Yeah, but they were all bad.”
— Helen Tasker, True Lies
Tagged: Murder, Righteous Murder
“ [jokingly, whispering to rose as she lies on top of floating door] I don't know about you, but I intend to write a strongly worded letter to the White Star Line about all of this.”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: joke, complaint letter
“Rose: [about to dance an Irish Jig with many people watching] I don't know the steps!

Jack: Neither do I! Just go with it!”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: Dancing
“[after wining the tickets from a poker game, running through the hallways of the ship with Fabrizio] We are the luckiest sons of bitches in the world, you know that?”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: Lucky, sons of bitches
“Outcast. Betrayer. Alien. I was in the place the eye does not see. I needed their help. And they needed mine. But to ever face them again, I was gonna have to take it to a whole new level.”
— Jake Sully, Avatar
Tagged: Outcast, Betrayal, Alien, help, new level, Sacrifice
“Just relax and let your mind go blank. That shouldn't be too hard for you.”
— Dr. Grace Augustine, Avatar
Tagged: relax, Mind, blank, hard, Sassy
“Yeah, come on! What you got! Oh yeah, who's bad? That's right. Yeah, that's what I'm talkin' about, bitch. That's right, get your punk ass back to mommy. Yeah? Yeah, you got nothin'. You keep runnin'. Why don't you bring some of your friends, huh?”
— Jake Sully, Avatar
Tagged: Bad, cocky, Punk, Running, Friends
“I'm with you now, Jake. We are mated for life.”
— Princess Neytiri, Avatar
Tagged: With you, Love, mated, Life
“Rose: I know what you must be thinking. 'Poor little rich girl, what does she know about misery?'

Jack: No, no, that's not what I was thinking. What I was thinking was, what could've happened to this girl to make her think she had no way out?”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: rich girl, Misery
“God! Look at that thing! You would've gone straight to the bottom.”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: engagement ring
“I'll be back!”
— Terminator, The Terminator
Tagged: I'll Be Back, Threats, Time Travel Movies
“Jack, I want you draw me like one of your French girls.”
— Rose Dewitt Bukater, Titanic
Tagged: paint me like one of your french girls...., Romantic Lines From Movies, Subtle Ways Of Saying I Want You To See Me Naked
“Neytiri calls me skxawng. It means 'moron.'”
— Jake Sully, Avatar
Tagged: Words, Moron, Names
“Jack: [leaning on the railing on the starboard side, waving to people as the Titanic sets off] Goodbye!

Fabrizio: You know somebody?

Jack: Of course not! That's not the point! Goodbye, I'll miss you!

Fabrizio: Goodbye! I'm gonna never forget you!”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: goodbye, I'll Miss You
“[slowly walking up a staircase to the stern as the ship is about to sink]
Male Passenger: Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death...

Jack: You want to walk a little faster through that valley there?”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: psalm 23, Panic
“There's no green there. They killed their Mother, and they're gonna do the same here. More Sky People are gonna come. They're gonna come like a rain that never ends. Unless we stop them. They chose me for something. I will stand and fight. You know I will. But I need a little help here.”
— Jake Sully, Avatar
Tagged: Green, Death, killed, mother, Simile Examples, Rain, never ending, Fight
“ Well, uh, I guess this is my last video log. Whatever happens tonight, either way, I'm not gonna be comin' back to this place. Well, I guess I better go. I don't wanna be late for my own party. It's my birthday, after all. This is Jake Sully signin' off.”
— Jake Sully, Avatar
Tagged: Last, video log, Place, party, birthdat
“Where's my goddamn cigarette? What's wrong with this picture!”
— Dr. Grace Augustine, Avatar
Tagged: Cigarettes, Sassy, upset
“Rose: Teach me to ride like a man.

Jack: [speaking with a Southern American accent] And chew tobacco like a man.

Rose: [trying to imitate the Southern American accent] And spit like a man!

Jack: What, they didn't teach you that in finishing school?”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: Chewing Tobacco, Spitting, Southern Accent
“[Rose is about to cut Jack free with an axe]
Wait, wait, wait! Take a couple practice swings over there. [Rose chops a hole in a cupboard door] Good! Now try and hit the same mark again, Rose. You can do it! [Rose chops again, missing the first hole by about three feet] OK, that's enough practice.”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: practice
“The Sky People have sent us a message... that they can take whatever they want. That no one can stop them. Well, we will send them a message. You ride out as fast as the wind can carry you. You tell the other clans to come. Tell them Toruk Macto calls to them! You fly now, with me! My brothers! Sisters! And we will show the Sky People... that they cannot take whatever they want! And that this... this is our land!”
— Jake Sully, Avatar
Tagged: message, sky people, Stop, Land, claim, Take, brothers, Sisters, Community
“[Jack is dancing with Cora]
Jack: I'm gonna dance with her now, all right? [Looking at Rose] Come on.

Rose: What?

Jack: Come on, come with me.

Rose: Jack! Jack, wait. I can't do this.

Jack: We're gonna have to get a little bit closer. Like this. [Jack looks at Cora] You're still my best girl, Cora.”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: Dancing
“Rose: [as she looks through the sketches in his portfolio] You liked this woman. You used her several times.

Jack: Well, she has beautiful hands, see?

Rose: I think you must have had a love affair with her.

Jack: No no no, just with her hands. [turns page] She was a one-legged prostitute. See? Ah, she had a good sense of humor, though.”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: sketches, portfolio, One-Legged, Prostitute
“Jack: [deleted scenes] I never cared too much for all that Dadaism and Cubism. Just had no heart.

Rose: I like some of it.

Jack: Really? For me Paris was more about living on the streets and trying to put it on paper.

Rose: You know, my dream has always been to run away and become an artist, Living in a garrett poor but free!

Jack: You wouldn't last two days. There's no hot water and hardly any caviar.”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: paris, dadaism, cubism
“Rose: [thinking both of them will die soon] I love you, Jack.

Jack: Don't you do that, don't say your goodbyes. Not yet, do you understand me?

Rose: I'm so cold.

Jack: Listen, Rose. You're gonna get out of here, you're gonna go on and you're gonna make lots of babies, and you're gonna watch them grow. You're gonna die an old... an old lady warm in her bed, not here, not this night. Not like this, do you understand me?

Rose: I can't feel my body.

Jack: Winning that ticket, Rose, was the best thing that ever happened to me... it brought me to you. And I'm thankful for that, Rose. I'm thankful. You must do me this honor. Promise me you'll survive. That you won't give up, no matter what happens, no matter how hopeless. Promise me now, Rose, and never let go of that promise.

Rose: I promise.

Jack: Never let go.

Rose: I'll never let go, Jack. I'll never let go. I promise.”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: Dying, Death In Movies
“[to Ruth and other guests dining at their table] Well, yes, ma'am, I do... I mean, I got everything I need right here with me. I got air in my lungs, a few blank sheets of paper. I mean, I love waking up in the morning not knowing what's gonna happen or who I'm gonna meet, where I'm gonna wind up. Just the other night I was sleeping under a bridge and now here I am on the grandest ship in the world having champagne with you fine people. I figure life's a gift and I don't intend on wasting it. You don't know what hand you're gonna get dealt next. You learn to take life as it comes at you... to make each day count.”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: champagne, Writing, Satisfaction
“Jack: [referring to Cal] Do you love him?

Rose: Pardon me?

Jack: Do you love him?

Rose: Well, you're being very rude. You shouldn't be asking me this.

Jack: [amused, referring to Cal] Well, it's a simple question. Do you love the guy or not?

Rose: This is not a suitable conversation.

Jack: Why can't you just answer the question?

Rose: This is absurd. I don't know you and you don't know me and we are not having this conversation at all. You are rude and uncouth, and presumptuous, and I am leaving now. [starts shaking Jack's hand] Jack... Mister Dawson, it's been a pleasure. I've sought you out to thank you, and now I have thanked you.

Jack: And even insulted me.

Rose: Well, you deserved it.

Jack: Right.

Rose: Right.

Jack: [Rose is still shaking his hand] I thought you were leaving.

Rose: [turns to leave] I am. You are so annoying.

Jack: Ha, ha.

Rose: [turns back to Jack] Wait, I don't have to leave, this is my part of the ship. You leave.

Jack: Oh ho, ho, well well well, now who's being rude?”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: Love, Absurd, Rude, Annoying
“Rose: [seeing her standing alone on the highest railing of bow] Hello, Jack. I changed my mind.

Jack: [stands onto the same railing she's on, hugs her waist ] Shhh. Gimme your hand. Now close your eyes, go on. Now step up. Now hold on to the railing. Keep your eyes closed, don't peek. Step up on the railing. Hold on, hold on. Keep your eyes closed. Do you trust me?

Rose: I trust you.

Jack: [Jack opens Rose's arms] All right. Open your eyes.

Rose: [gasps in excitement] I'm flying, Jack! [gasps in amazement] I'm flying, Jack!

Jack: [Jack starts singing softly into her ear] Come, Josephine, in my flying machine, going up, she goes up, up she goes.
[they kiss]”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: Flying, Love, railing, Excitement
“Jack: [talking privately in the Titanic's gym room] Rose, you're no picnic, all right? You're a spoiled little brat, even, but under that, you're the most amazingly, astounding, wonderful girl, woman that I've ever known...

Rose: Jack, I...

Jack: No, let me try and get this out. You're ama—I’m not an idiot, I know how the world works. I've got ten bucks in my pocket, I have no-nothing to offer you and I know that. I understand. But I'm too involved now. You jump, I jump remember? I can't turn away without knowing you'll be all right... That's all that I want.

Rose: Well, I'm fine... I'll be fine... really.

Jack: Really? I don't think so. They've got you trapped, Rose. And you're gonna die if you don't break free. Maybe not right away because you're strong but... sooner or later that fire that I love about you, Rose... that fire's gonna burn out...

Rose: It's not up to you to save me, Jack.

Jack: You're right... only you can do that.”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: Brat, Idiot, trapped, Strong
“[Jack and Fabrizio are playing poker in a bar in front of the port]
Jack: All right, the moment of truth. Somebody's life is about to change. Fabrizio?

Fabrizio: [in Italian] I have nothing.

Jack: Two pairs. I'm sorry, Fabrizio.

Fabrizio: You should be sorry, you bet all our money!

Jack: I'm sorry, you're not gonna see your mom again for a long time, 'cause we're going to America, full house boys! Woo-hoo!”
— Jack Dawson, Titanic
Tagged: poker, Money
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