James Cameron is now a billionaire. The boomer college dropout worked odd jobs like truck driving before making his big break with films like Avatar | Fortune
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James Cameron is now a billionaire. The boomer college dropout worked odd jobs like truck driving before making his big break with films like Avatar | Fortune
"I was completely an autodidact,"
"I just went to USC and studied on my own time. I wasn't enrolled. I just snuck in, went to the library and studied it all."
"I'm attracted, in case you haven't noticed, by things I don't know how to do,"
"Because you grow and you learn. If I'm still making movies when I got"
James Cameron directed Titanic, Avatar, and The Terminator, and his films have collectively earned nearly $9 billion at the global box office. His net worth is estimated at $1.1 billion and is expected to rise with new Avatar releases such as Avatar: Fire and Ash. Cameron left Fullerton College, where he studied physics, and pursued self-directed learning in optical printing and special effects while working jobs as a truck driver and janitor. By age 30, Cameron achieved his first major hit with The Terminator, which grossed over $200 million worldwide. Cameron pursues unfamiliar challenges to grow creatively and technically.
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