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, and you know, 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. 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 reslt of that.
所以，当我开始拍摄我的下一部电影《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。很快情况就改变了。在《阿凡达》拍摄过程中，我的团队也很小，你知道，也在未知领地拍摄《阿凡达》，创造新的科技。这非常有意思，非常有挑战性。四年半的时间里，我们成为了一个家庭。这完全改变了我拍电影的方式。有评论文章说，卡梅隆把海底的一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
laurels1 in the world. I have young film
makers2 come up to me and say, you know, "Give some advice for doing this." And I say, "Do'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？我觉得第一：好奇心，这是你拥有的最有力量的东西；第二：想象力，这是你创造现实的力量；第三：对团队的尊重，这是比世界上其他所有荣誉都更重要的东西。你知道，有年轻的电影制作人过来跟我说：“给我一些拍电影的建议吧”。我回答说：“不要给自己加上限制。其他人会替你这么做，不用自己这么做，不要拿自己下赌注。不要冒险。”
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这样的警句：“失败并不是一种选择”。但是失败，在艺术上、在探险上肯定是一种选择，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冒险。所以，这是我想给你的想法，不管你做什么，失败是一个选项，但畏惧不是。
Thank you.
谢谢！
重点讲解：
1. in return
作为回报；作为交换；
eg. You pay regular
premiums3 and in return the insurance company will pay out a lump sum.
你定期支付保险费，而保险公司则会一次性给你一笔钱作为回报。
eg. It hurt to love someone and not be loved in return.
爱一个人却得不到对方的爱是一种痛苦。
2. comment on
发表意见；作出评论；
eg. So far, Mr Cook has not commented on these reports.
到目前为止，库克先生仍未就这些报道发表评论。
eg. Stratford police refuse to comment on whether anyone has been arrested.
斯特拉福德警方拒绝对是否已有人被捕一事发表任何评论。
3. be willing to do sth.
乐意；愿意做某事；
eg. Neither party is willing to compromise and herein lies the problem.
双方都不愿意妥协，问题就在这里。
There are, of course, questions which she will not be willing to answer.
当然，有些问题是她不愿回答的。
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