James Cameron on How He Feels a Sense of Belonging When He Goes on Underwater Dives

James Cameron:I think there’s some apprehension, in my case, there’s some apprehension the night before a dive. And I just, I’m going through checklist after checklist just to make sure we’ve thought of everything and that everything is being done safely. But, you know, once that hatch is closed and you go in the water, you’re committed, you’re diving. And after that, it’s just all about getting the job done and what are you going to see? So, I get very excited at that point, it’s all about anticipation of-of what we are going to find. It’s always like that on a dive whether you’re a scuba diver or whether you’re diving in a submersible; there’s a magic moment when you go through the surface of the water and you start down, when all your training kicks in and you’re in your element and you feel. It’s funny for me, I feel like I belong there. I don’t know why that is, but when I’m, when I’m on a dive I feel like I belong there.
James Cameron:I think there’s some apprehension, in my case, there’s some apprehension the night before a dive. And I just, I’m going through checklist after checklist just to make sure we’ve thought of everything and that everything is being done safely. But, you know, once that hatch is closed and you go in the water, you’re committed, you’re diving. And after that, it’s just all about getting the job done and what are you going to see? So, I get very excited at that point, it’s all about anticipation of-of what we are going to find. It’s always like that on a dive whether you’re a scuba diver or whether you’re diving in a submersible; there’s a magic moment when you go through the surface of the water and you start down, when all your training kicks in and you’re in your element and you feel. It’s funny for me, I feel like I belong there. I don’t know why that is, but when I’m, when I’m on a dive I feel like I belong there.
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