Hollywood director James Cameron said in an interview posted Tuesday that he can still work with Tesla and SpaceX owner Elon Musk, despite their political differences.

In an interview with Puck’s "The Town" podcast, the Hollywood liberal and director of "Titanic" and "Avatar" said he can still remain friends and collaborate with the former advisor to President Donald Trump as long as their goals align on priorities higher than politics, like artificial intelligence and space travel.

"I can separate a person and their politics from the things that they want to accomplish if they’re aligned with what I think are good goals," Cameron said.

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Cameron has known Musk for years, with the two sharing a passion for science and tech, including space travel. In an interview with NBC News in 2011, Cameron had pointed to Musk as the man who would spearhead humanity’s space faring efforts in the future.

"Elon is making very strong strides. I think he's the likeliest person to step into the shoes of the shuttle program and actually provide human access to low Earth orbit. So... go, Elon!," Cameron told NBC at the time. 

Musk has become a pariah in liberal circles in recent years after becoming a Trump supporter. He was appointed as a senior advisor in the Trump administration and was head of the now-defunct Department of Government Efficiency.

Cameron has also had much to say condemning Trump over the years. In February, the filmmaker said that under Trump, he sees the U.S. turning "away from everything decent."

He said, "America doesn’t stand for anything if it doesn’t stand for what it has historically stood for. It becomes a hollow idea, and I think they’re hollowing it out as fast as they can for their own benefit."

Despite his liberal leanings, Cameron wasn’t so quick to condemn Musk while speaking to Puck, saying that coming together despite differences for the betterment of humanity is important. 

"I just think it’s important for us as a human civilization to prioritize—we’ve got to make this Earth our spaceship. That’s really what we need to be thinking," he said.

Musk and Cameron have warned that artificial intelligence will significantly alter humanity.

Speaking at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum last week, Musk predicted that money and work may not be relevant in the future.

"If you go out long enough, assuming there's a continued improvement in AI and robotics, which seems likely, the money will stop being relevant at some point in the future," he said.

During his interview with Puck, Cameron went deeper, speaking on the crisis that this type of AI revolution could bring about. 

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"Because the overall risk of AI in general… is that we lose purpose as people. We lose jobs. We lose a sense of, ‘Well, what are we here for?’" he said. "We are these flawed biological machines, and a computer can be theoretically more precise, more correct, faster, all of those things. And that’s going to be a threshold existential issue."

A 26-year-old woman who was set on fire allegedly by a career criminal in Chicago is being described by friends and neighbors as a kind and hardworking individual from a close-knit, small-town family.

Bethany MaGee, the victim of the horrific attack, is an avid reader who took honors classes at her high school in Indiana, a former classmate who goes by Ethan told the New York Post.

"She [is] incredibly smart. Very soft spoken, very gentle, very smart," he said.

A local who lives near the family in their small, tight-knit Christian community in Upland, Indiana, said the community is keeping her in their thoughts and prayers as she remains in critical condition at a hospital burn unit following the attack on a CTA Blue Line train on Nov. 17.

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"We just know they are going through a hard time, so we are praying for them," one local told the outlet.

"They’re a wonderful family… about as loving as you can be," the resident said, stressing the parents’ desire for privacy as they process the tragedy.

Authorities said the alleged attacker, 50-year-old Lawrence Reed, has spent decades cycling through the criminal justice system and was out on bond at the time of the assault.

Reed had been ordered onto electronic monitoring on Aug. 22, when Cook County Judge Teresa Molina-Gonzalez denied a prosecution request to keep him jailed on felony allegations that he knocked a social worker unconscious inside MacNeal Hospital’s psychiatric ward.

During that hearing, transcripts show Molina-Gonzalez told prosecutors, "I can’t keep everybody in jail because the State’s Attorney wants me to."

According to court documents in that battery case, Cook County electronic monitoring records show Reed repeatedly violated his curfew and movement restrictions in the days leading up to the alleged Chicago Transit Authority attack on Nov. 17.

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On Tuesday, the White House weighed in on the attack on MaGee, blasting left-wing policies in deep-blue cities.

"Liberal soft-on-crime policies are FAILING American communities and endangering law-abiding citizens," the White House wrote on X. "A career criminal with 72 arrests should have never been free to roam the streets. Pray for Bethany."

Reed has been charged with committing a terrorist attack or violence against a mass transportation system, according to the criminal complaint.

Federal prosecutors allege that Reed intentionally used gasoline and a lighter to set MaGee on fire aboard the train at about 9:30 p.m.

U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois Andrew Boutros said MaGee was "minding her own business and reading her phone" while seated in the middle of the train car when Reed approached her from behind, doused her head and body with gasoline, and tried to ignite the liquid.

MaGee ran to the back of the car as he ignited the rest of the liquid in the bottle and then used it to light her on fire, according to the complaint.

MaGee’s hometown in Indiana is an enclave of fewer than 4,000 people and is home to Taylor University. She was raised by a doting family, a neighbor said.

A man who identified himself to the Post as the victim’s brother at a family home Monday said, "Thanks for stopping by but no comments at this time."

Fox News' Stephen Sorace, Greg Wehner, Alexandra Koch and Patrick McGovern contributed to this report.