And I went, ‘Oh, was that not cool?

Okay,'" Cameron toldThe Hollywood Reporter.

“I mean, obviously I’ve analyzed that.

James Cameron at the 1998 Oscars

James Cameron at the 1998 Oscars.TIMOTHY A. CLARY/AFP/GettyImages

I’m like, ‘Well, I can do that.’

EW has reached out to representatives for Beatty for more information.

“I was talking to my parents.

Meaning talking to my parents saying, ‘I feel pretty great right now.’

And that was it,” he said.

I’m all that!’

That’s not what I was saying.

But, of course, that’s what they heard.

And, of course, as a director, I’m supposed to be better than that.

“If he had done that before voting closed, we would have lost.

The 2023 Oscars air this Sunday on ABC.