James Cameron: I messed up my Oscars speech
A quarter of a century after James Cameron won best director and best picture for his 1998 romantic classic Titanic, he revealed he felt spoiled in his award speech when he looked into the face of presenter Warren Beatty.
The director of “Titanic”, who won 3 Oscars for the epic film, said at the time of receiving the award, “I am the king of the world,” in a quote from the famous phrase of the movie hero, Leonardo DiCaprio, within the events, but the quote was met with a violent reaction immediately, as proven only by looking at Showrunner Warren Beatty directed backstage, according to Cameron.
And in remarks reported by the newspaper "The Hollywood Reporters" James Cameron said: I will tell you exactly when I first realized that it was going to be a problem, as it was when I walked backstage and Warren Beatty had this look on his face as if he was saying, "What the hell have you done, you poor moron."
The director of Avatar: The Way of Water added that at the time he felt that the quote was appropriate, but the problem with that is that it is a very self-quote, and it makes some people look at me as arrogant, not only for the meaning and content of the word “king of the world”, but because I took a sentence from My film cited it, as if everyone in the audience liked the movie, and in fact there were a lot of voters who didn't give Titanic their vote.
Cameron indicated that he intended the "Titanic" gesture as a "celebratory" wink at his parents, who were in the audience.
And the director of the movie "Titanic" explained that he just wanted to talk to my parents and say to them: "Mom, Dad, I am the king of the world - I feel good now", but I did not mean what some understood at the time, but of course, as a director, I am supposed to be Better yet, I'm supposed to know what the audience is hearing.
