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" I don't think the audience always listens to the critics. That's been proven time and time again. "
Mel Gibson
Always
Again
Time
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" I've never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality - period. "
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" I think digital will displace film, yes. We're talking about digital as a thing of the future, but I'm afraid that it's here. "
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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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" The thing we're all looking for is happiness, and if we achieve just a modicum of that or even a little piece of serenity even for five minutes a day, we're very lucky. "
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" 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. "
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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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" I like going in to different styles of acting and exploring stuff I haven't done before. "
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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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" Boy, there's nothing more thrilling than a chase. I'd often thought, over the years, that someone should do a whole film where it's nothing but a chase. "
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" Marriage is marriage. Everybody has problems. "
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" 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. "
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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. "
Mel Gibson
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Myself
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" My biggest weakness is that I'm excessive. Fortunately for everyone concerned, I'm not as excessive as I used to be. "
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" 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. "
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Tomorrow
Never
" It's all happening too fast. I've got to put the brakes on or I'll smack into something. "
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Something
Fast
Happening
" I do moderate exercise, and I try to eat pretty well, and I think it has an effect on me. "
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Me
Try
Think
" 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. "
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" When you get to that point where you don't want to live, and you don't want to die, it's a desperate, horrible place to be. And I just hit my knees. And I had to use 'The Passion of the Christ' to heal my wounds. "
Mel Gibson
Want
You
Die
" Well, if you look at the whole story, I mean there's only Jews and Romans in the story. I mean I just wanted to flesh that character out and make that a drama about the people around Christ when he was going through this passion. "
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Character
Look
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" Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I'm paid to tell elaborate lies. "
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Art
Acting
Like
" 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 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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" I think everything is pretty well preordained - even your mistakes. "
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" 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. "
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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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" Change is always preceded by a little pain. Some people can change and they don't have to go through so many painful things. But I think that I'm of a personality that I'm a little stubborn, so it's tough for me. "
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" Hollywood is a factory. You have to realize that you are working in a factory and you're part of the mechanism. If you break down, you'll be replaced. "
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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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" I don't make things complicated, that's the way they get all by themselves. "
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Way
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" I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes. "
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Much
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Never