India, Feb. 2 -- Los Angeles is rightly called the 'City of Dreams' by many. Every year, thousands arrive in the city in search of their shot at stardom. And while many continue to toil, the ones that make it have some of Hollywood's most inspiring rags-to-riches stories. Arguably, the greatest of them belongs to the man who toiled as a truck driver and janitor in his 20s, only to become one of the most successful and richest storytellers of our times.

Born in 1954 in Canada, James Cameron moved to California when he was 17. Although he enrolled in college to study physics, he changed his major to English and eventually dropped out. In his 20s, Cameron worked odd jobs, driving trucks and also as a high school janitor. During this time, h...