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The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

James Cameron Takes The Colbert Questionert

The Late Show Pod Show with Stephen Colbert

CBS

Tv & Film, Comedy, Comedy Interviews

4.42.3K Ratings

🗓️ 9 February 2026

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

If you don’t know the first concert he attended, or which animal he fears most, do you really know legendary director James Cameron? Watch his latest film, “Avatar: Fire and Ash,” in theaters now.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Your favorite true crime series, 48 Hours, is back for a new season, and so is the official

0:05.5

after show podcast, Postmortem. Every Monday, listen to a new episode of 48 hours, and then

0:11.2

join me, 48 Hours correspondent Anne-Marie Green on Tuesday for a new episode of Postmortem,

0:17.2

where we bring you a closer look at each case. This case was eye-opening on so many different levels.

0:24.1

Follow and listen to 48 hours on the free Odyssey app or wherever you get your podcasts.

0:31.1

It's the Late Show Pancho with Stephen Colbert.

0:38.8

Hey everybody, welcome back.

0:40.9

Folks, my next guest is an environmentalist and deep sea explorer who has also made some of the most popular, most transformative films of all time.

0:52.1

Please welcome to the Late Show, James Cameron.

0:59.9

Good to see you again.

1:01.3

It's been too long.

1:03.5

As I was saying before, you've made these gigantic films.

1:06.9

I say they're transformative.

1:08.2

They've changed the standard of movie making.

1:11.6

What, you know, how stories are told,

1:13.7

the technology that goes into it,

1:15.0

what we expect from a movie spectacle.

1:18.2

And I can't, I-

1:19.9

Keep going, this is good.

1:20.7

This is great, yes.

1:22.5

You've done it again with Avatar Fire and Ash.

1:24.8

And, you know, as much as I've enjoyed your work

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