"When I'm with the kids, they're wearing helmets when they ride their bikes.
"They don't have to be ocean explorers - they probably won't - but I want them to live without fear.
"I think there's a very valid rationalisation, which is that you've got to not only provide for your children, you have to create an example for them to how to live their lives. So the question is: how do you weigh that kind of explorer impulse to do your own thing and go beyond the pale of normal experience with that? "There are billions of people on this planet that think that way. "Anybody who's a father, a husband, has a family, is going to think that way," he says, not missing a beat. Watching the documentary, directed by John Bruno, Andrew Wight and Ray Quint, you have to wonder why Cameron put his own life ahead of ensuring he was alive for his family. They tested it firstly in a metre of water in Sydney Harbour, then deeper in Jervis Bay and then on a succession of deeper dives. He worked with an engineer for seven years to build a submersible capable of handling the extreme pressure almost 11 kilometres down. One of the surprises of Deepsea Challenge 3D is learning how much Cameron considers himself an explorer as well as a film- maker. There's only what can you do that's the best you can do, with these people in this situation at this moment. But there's no such thing as perfection either in film- making or in an expedition. "People like to bandy around the term 'perfectionist'. "The deep-ocean expeditions, of which this is the eighth, have taught me an awful lot about leadership and getting the best out of people," he says.
So I'm good to go."Īs well as his Hollywood blockbusters, he has made a series of undersea documentaries including Expedition: Bismarck (2002), Ghosts of the Abyss (2003) and Aliens of the Deep (2005). I'm running farther than I did when I was in my 20s. But I went 100 per cent plant-based - vegan - two-and-a- half years ago. "If you'd asked me when I was 30, I would have thought, 'Your life's over. I think it's in the hard-wiring as it is with any artist or any film-maker."Īnd being 60 isn't a problem. When I see something that intrigues me, I want to respond to it artistically, either by writing or drawing or making a film.
As much as I love movies, I don't sit passively in front of a TV all day long. I think of it as active, curious, wanting to build things, wanting to understand things. "I guess it's innate," says Cameron, who turned 60 in August. Yet he still risked his life exploring the ocean floor. He has long had everything anyone could possibly want: a family (with fifth wife, Titanic actress Suzy Amis), fabulous wealth (he earned an estimated US$257 million in 2010), health, fame and three Oscars. Look at the movies he made even before rewriting box office records twice: The Terminator (1984), Aliens (1986), The Abyss (1989), Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991) and True Lies (1994).
Only two songs are missing from the list (for now): 30 bonus tracks that are still best (and exclusively) heard on physical deluxe editions of the album.įor now, pour some wine, grab a box of tissues, and call your therapist: Here’s our official ranking of Adele’s songs.There was always a risk of disaster the submersible could have imploded under the extreme pressure or a systems failure could have stranded Cameron too deep to be rescued.Īll of which raises a big question: what drives Cameron?Īs he takes on a six-year project to make three Avatar sequels - he's been writing the scripts in Los Angeles - the Wairarapa-based Canadian film- maker's career is already full of triumphs. We included a number of officially released covers she has done, as well as bonus tracks and rarities (though many are still not on streaming, dedicated fans have uploaded them to YouTube for everyone to enjoy).
This list includes every officially released song that she’s released as the lead artist, from her four albums and a few live records. It’s no easy feat choosing what makes for the best Adele song - there’s not a single dud in the bunch. She has written more modern pop standards than anyone else in her generation, each single becoming an instant classic. She launched her career as a heartbroken teenager with 19 and is now in her thirties, digging deep into motherhood, love, regret and, of course, more heartbreak. Over just four albums, Adele has built the type of airtight canon other artists spend decades trying to achieve.