However, the filmmaker says he's glad he wasn't stuck in his vision enough to not "see how it could work with" the actor.

James Cameron reflected on being “just a punk” when he directed The Terminator and how, looking back now, he knows it wasn’t perfect. The Oscar-winning director spoke to Empire magazine ahead of the classic sci-fi film’s 40th anniversary next month and noted he considers the project his first,

James Cameron has a brilliant solution which could be the key to reviving Arnold Schwarzenegger's fading Terminator franchise.

Filmmaker James Cameron has reflected on making The Terminator 40 years on, admitting that some parts of the cult film now seem “pretty cringeworthy”. The cult science fiction, which stars Arnold Schwarzenegger as a cyborg assassin, was originally released in 1984 and marked the legendary filmmaker’s directorial debut.

The filmmaker stands by his dialogue, though: "Let me see your three-out-of-the-four-highest-grossing films — then we’ll talk about dialogue effectiveness."

James Cameron has reflected on his 1984 blockbuster film, The Terminator, calling it partly cringeworthy due to its poor production value.

Marking the film's 40th anniversary, James Cameron recently gave his honest opinion of his 1984 directorial debut 'The Terminator'.

Taking it all the way back to where it began, James didn’t mince his words as he marked the 40th anniversary of his breakout feature – The Terminator – starring Arnold Schwarzenegger as a cyborg assassin.

A film that shaped an entire generation, its characters and lines have become fixtures in pop culture, and it turned an Austrian actor into a top-tier Hollywood star. Meanwhile, it turns out that James Cameron