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.
当我开始拍摄《阿凡达》时，我试着将这种互相尊重的领导力原则应用在电影拍摄中。
72. Failure Is an Option, but Fear Is Not
72. 失败是人生的选项之一，但畏惧不是
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, 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.
当我开始拍摄《阿凡达》时，我试着将这种互相尊重的领导力原则应用在电影拍摄中。很快，情况就真的有所改变了。在《阿凡达》拍摄过程中，我的团队也很小，也在未知领地工作，创造新的科技。这非常有意思，非常有挑战性。四年半的时间，我们成为了一个家庭。这完全改变了我拍电影的方式。
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 result of that.
有许论文章说，卡梅隆把海底的-些生物放到了潘多拉星球上。对于我来说，这只是做事情的基本方式，这个过程本身改变了事情的结果。
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, "Give me some advice for doing this." And I say, "Don’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，总结一下。我学到了什么？第一：好奇心，这是你拥有的最有力量的东西；第二：想象力，这是你创造现实的椎动力；第三：对团队的尊重，这是比世界上其他所有荣誉更重要的东西。有年轻的导演过来跟我说：“给我一些拍电影的建议吧”。我回答说：“不要局限你自己。别人会来局限你，但你不要自己局限自己。不要赌自己会输。要敢于冒险。”
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.
美国国家航空航天局有一句他们很喜欢的名言：“失败并不是一种选择”。但是失败在艺术上、探险上肯定是一项选择，因为这是信仰的飞跃。任何需要革新的重要努力都需要冒险。你必须愿意承担这些风险。所以，这是我想给你的想法，不管你做什么，失败是一个选项，但是畏惧不是。