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James Cameron Defends ‘Avatar: The Way of Water’ Being the Most Expensive Film of All Time · Direct From Hollywood with Ryan Seacrest

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  Speaker 1: Direct from Hollywood. Visionary filmmaker James Cameron is famous for
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  Speaker 1: making some of the most groundbreaking, popular, and top grossing
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  Speaker 1: movies in cinematic history, and for making some of the
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  Speaker 1: most expensive. For instance, Avatar the Way of Water reportedly
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  Speaker 1: cost a quarter of a billion dollars to shoot, but
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  Speaker 1: James doesn't think too much should be made about their cost.
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  Speaker 1: He tells g Q. I used to be really defensive
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  Speaker 1: about my budgets because it's always the first thing anybody mentions.
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  Speaker 1: But now if I can make a business case to
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  Speaker 1: spend a billion dollars on a movie, I'll do it
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  Speaker 1: because we don't put it all in a pile and
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  Speaker 1: light it on fire. We pay it to skill people.
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  Speaker 1: If the studio agrees and things, it's a good investment
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  Speaker 1: as opposed to someone else mine an oil lease off
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  Speaker 1: the north of Scotland, which somebody would think is a
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  Speaker 1: good investment. Why not do it. Avatar The Way of
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  Speaker 1: Water hits theaters today. That's direct from Hollywood.