James Cameron talked about his film making (including Avatar) at TED this year. If you want to know what inspired Cameron to make Avatar and all of his other films, this is a must see.

James Cameron’s big-budget (and even bigger-grossing) films create unreal worlds all their own. In this personal talk, he reveals his childhood fascination with the fantastic — from reading science fiction to deep-sea diving — and how it ultimately drove the success of his blockbuster hits “Aliens,” “The Terminator,” “Titanic” and “Avatar.”

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