He found/achieved 'immortality' through his films.
She believed in the 'immortality' of the soul.
(..) PAUL: You'll be gone like all the others. I'll have to stay. Oh, I'll die eventually. Of that I'm sure. I have no illusions of immortality. But I will have wished for death... ...long before death finds me. In truth, I wish for it already. Mr. Jingles? Where you been? Been worried about you, boy. (..)1999 The Green Mile