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" But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn't be drafted until we were 20. "

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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 successful at it every day. "

Mel Gibson

Think

Day

Daily

" 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, anyway. "

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

" I think the 'Lethal Weapon' movies contain my favorite performances. It sounds really crummy, I know, but although the work doesn't look hard, it's difficult to create 'effortless' on screen. "

" Feminists don't like me, and I don't like them. "

Mel Gibson

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" Marriage is marriage. Everybody has problems. "

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

" 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 because at that age that's a stupidly ridiculous idea 'cause how will I ever be a filmmaker. "

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

Mel Gibson

Got

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

Mel Gibson

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Acting

" And, hey, I'm not under the illusion that everything's just going to be hunky-dory work wise forever. I've never been under that illusion. Things could go away tomorrow. "

" A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere. "

" 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. "

" I'm not under the illusion that everything's just going to be hunky-dory work wise forever. I've never been under that illusion. Things could go away tomorrow. "

" 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 focused on directing, writing and producing. "

Mel Gibson

Acting

Writing

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

" Life is life, and one has experiences that are painful and some that are very pleasant, and one has reward and sacrifice and more reward and disappointment and joy and happiness, and it's always going to be the same. "

" You ask anybody what their number one fear is, and it's public humiliation. Multiply that on a global scale, and that's what I've been through. "

" People like scary stories. There's a fascination with fear themes, and we want to face those things in a weird, subconscious way. "

" 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. "

" 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 for myself one of these days. It's the male menopause, that's what it is. "

" Every time you go out there to do something, you wonder if you can do it. There's no assured success. There's no secret recipe for success. Every time you go out there, you go out there with the possibility of great failure. "

" 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. "

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

Mel Gibson

Traffic

Direction

" Film is built for kinetic movement and crash and burn. It's a great tool for spectacles. But if it's not rooted to something a little higher, you're just kicking your butt around the corner. You can only take so much of that. You have to have some sort of foundation to explode from. "

" I don't think of myself as either American or Australian really, I'm a true hybrid. It's a good thing for me because both of them are really good countries. "

Mel Gibson

American

Good

" I've never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality - period. "

" 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. "

" I just don't do anything fun anymore. But, that's dying, isn't it? I mean, you die in stages, right? You let things go in pieces. "

" I could easily not act again. It's not a problem. "