So, when I came back to make my next movie, which was "Avatar", I tried to apply that same principle of leadership which is that you respect your team, and you earn their respect in return. And it really changed the dynamic. So, here I was again with a small team, and you know, in Uncharted territory doing "Avatar", coming up with new technology that didn't exist before. Tremendously exciting. Tremendously challenging. And we became a family, over a four and half year period. And it completely changed how I do movies. So, people have commented on how, well, you know, you brought back the ocean organisms and put them on the planet of Pandora. To me it was more of a fundamental way of doing business, the process itself, that changed as a reslt of that.
所以，當我開始拍攝我的下一部電影《阿凡達》時，我試著將這種互相尊重的領導力原則應用在電影拍攝中。很快情況就改變了。在《阿凡達》拍攝過程中，我的團隊也很小，你知道，也在未知領地拍攝《阿凡達》，創(chuàng)造新的科技。這非常有意思，非常有挑戰(zhàn)性。四年半的時間里，我們成為了一個家庭。這完全改變了我拍電影的方式。有評論文章說，卡梅隆把海底的一些生物放到了潘多拉星球上。對于我來說，這只是做事情的基本方式，這個過程本身改變了事情的結果。
So, what can we synthesize out of all this? You know, what are the lessons learned? Well, I think number one is curiosity. It's the most powerful thing you own. Imagination is a force that can actually manifest a reality. And the respect of your team is more important than all the laurels in the world. I have young film makers come up to me and say, you know, "Give some advice for doing this." And I say, "Do't put limitations on yourself. Other people will do that for you, don't do it to yourself, don't bet against yourself and take risks."
最后，總結一下，我學到了什么？我覺得第一：好奇心，這是你擁有的最有力量的東西；第二：想象力，這是你創(chuàng)造現(xiàn)實的力量；第三：對團隊的尊重，這是比世界上其他所有榮譽都更重要的東西。你知道，有年輕的電影制作人過來跟我說：“給我一些拍電影的建議吧”。我回答說：“不要給自己加上限制。其他人會替你這么做，不用自己這么做，不要拿自己下賭注。不要冒險。”
NASA has this phrase that they like: "Failure is not an option." But failure has to be an option in art and in exploration, because it's a leap of faith. And no important endeavor that required innovation was done without risk. You have to be willing to take those risks. So, that's the thought I would leave you with, is that in whatever you're doing, failure is an option, but fear is not.
美國國家航空航天局有這樣的警句：“失敗并不是一種選擇”。但是失敗，在藝術上、在探險上肯定是一種選擇，因為這是信仰的飛躍。任何需要革新的重要努力都需要冒險。你必須愿意承擔這些冒險。所以，這是我想給你的想法，不管你做什么，失敗是一個選項，但畏懼不是。
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