Quotes by Mel Gibson

About Mel Gibson:

Mel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson is an American actor and filmmaker. He is most well known as an action hero, for roles such as Martin Riggs in the Lethal Weapon buddy cop film series and Max Rockatansky in the first three films in the Mad Max post-apocalyptic action series.
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The very first idea I ever had about making a film... my first thought about ever being a filmmaker was when I was sixteen years old and I wanted to make a Viking movie. And I wanted to make it in old Norse, which I was studying at the time. It's odd...

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It's amazing how powerful a piece of work can be and how it can influence people and change. It's pretty interesting.

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Religion and politics hit nerves. There's a lot of anger about a lot of things. It's not easily resolved. I guess that's what wars are about. Wars are about prejudice and fear. Hit first before you get hit. Believe me, I know.

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Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I'm paid to tell elaborate lies.

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After about 20 years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of what women want. And I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate.

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Acting feels different. I'm not sure exactly what that is, but it used to mean a lot more. Maybe that sounds like I'm throwing it away and I'm not, I'll still do the best damn job I can, but it doesn't mean the same thing. I'm going to get the answer...

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The Holy Ghost was working through me on this film, and I was just direction traffic.

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I'll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I've been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it's - it's - and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven't been su...

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It's all happening too fast. I've got to put the brakes on or I'll smack into something.

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I'm pretty fit, naturally. I do moderate exercise, and I try to eat pretty well and I think it has an effect on me. But hey, I'm putting on the insulin tire like everybody else, but that's just a function of getting older.

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I think any kind of hiatus one takes in an artistic journey is going to make a huge difference. The pause will inform the choices that you make.

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What I need to do to heal myself and to be assuring and allay the fears of others and to heal them if they had any heart wounds from something I may have said.

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I don't make things complicated, that's the way they get all by themselves.

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If I've still got my pants on in the second scene, I think they've sent me the wrong script.

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I'm always writing. There is always a story brewing in my head.

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It's a wise man who understands that every day is a new beginning, because boy, how many mistakes do you make in a day? I don't know about you, but I make plenty. You can't turn the clock back, so you have to look ahead.

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I'm as vain as the next guy. I have a facade on right now. But you can't see it, because it's reality-based.

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My whole approach to wardrobe is, throw it in a suitcase and make sure they don't press it, for Pete's sake, so I can try to display some rumpled charm. Actually, I'm just a pig. I've got coffee stains on my pants. I think they're coffee stains, anyw...

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There has to be some kind of order and some moral code. I don't know how people can function without a belief in a deity.

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I got the acting bug back because I felt like all of a sudden maybe after all these years, maybe I might have something to offer again. I walked away from it after 'Signs' because I just felt I was a bit stale and it wasn't ringing my bells, so I foc...

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Author Bio

  • NameMel Gibson
  • DescriptionAmerican actor, film director, producer and screenwriter
  • AliasesMel Colm-Cille Gerard Gibson
  • BornJanuary 3, 1956
  • CountryUnited States Of America; Ireland
  • ProfessionFilm Producer; Film Actor; Film Director; Actor; Writer; Voice Actor; Screenwriter
  • AwardsAcademy Award For Best Director