Let me see your three-out-of-the-four-highest-grossing films — then we’ll talk about dialogue effectiveness," he sid.

"I don't cringe on any of the dialogue, but I have a lower cringe factor than, apparently, a lot of people do around the dialogue that I write," Cameron told Empire Magazine. "You know what? Let me see your three-out-of-the-four-highest-grossing films--then we'll talk about dialogue effectiveness."

James Cameron doesn’t want to hear your complaints about his dialogue. Cameron has directed a number of the highest-grossing movies of all time, including 1997’s Titanic, 2009’s Avatar, and 2022’s Avatar: The Way of Water.

James Cameron has reflected on his 40-year film career which boasts classics including Titanic, The Terminator, and the highest grossing film of all-time, Avatar. However, the Oscar-winning director admitted that he finds his breakthrough movie “cringeworthy” and explained the reasons why.

As a minor example, take an excerpt from an interview Cameron recently gave to Empire, timed to the 40th anniversary of his breakout hit, The Terminator. When asked about whether he still likes the original movie four decades later,

James Cameron has had enough of people dissing the dialogue in his movies, challenging haters to make their own blockbuster.

"I'm proud of the fact that we weren't stuck enough to not be able to see how it could work with Arnold, because it wasn't our vision," Cameron told the publication. "Sometimes, w