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" I like going in to different styles of acting and exploring stuff I haven't done before. "
Mel Gibson
Exploring
Done
Different
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" People like scary stories. There's a fascination with fear themes, and we want to face those things in a weird, subconscious way. "
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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. "
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Think
Day
Daily
" 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. "
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Through
" 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. "
Mel Gibson
Right
See
Now
" I could easily not act again. It's not a problem. "
Mel Gibson
Could
Problem
Act
" 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. "
Mel Gibson
Character
Look
Passion
" I'm always writing. There is always a story brewing in my head. "
Mel Gibson
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Always
Writing
" I was spiritually bankrupt, and when that happens, it's like a spiritual cancer afflicts you. "
Mel Gibson
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Spiritual
Like
" 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. "
Mel Gibson
Wise
Day
Man
" I have learned that a bitter experience can make you stronger. I now boastfully say that I have a hide like a rhinoceros... and I'm smiling. It's an interesting thing. "
Mel Gibson
Experience
Interesting
Smiling
" Theatrical is fantastic. I don't think anything will ever replace the big dark room, the screen and the popcorn. You can kind of do it in your home if you have a nice screen, but it's not the same thing. "
Mel Gibson
Nice
Home
You
" 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. "
Mel Gibson
Myself
Best
Damn
" 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. "
Mel Gibson
Kind
Order
Moral
" My biggest weakness is that I'm excessive. Fortunately for everyone concerned, I'm not as excessive as I used to be. "
Mel Gibson
Everyone
Concerned
Used
" I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes. "
Mel Gibson
Much
Work
Never
" 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
Need
Myself
Heart
" 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. "
Mel Gibson
Tomorrow
Work
Illusion
" Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I'm paid to tell elaborate lies. "
Mel Gibson
Art
Acting
Like
" 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. "
Mel Gibson
You
Dying
Die
" 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. "
Mel Gibson
You
Foundation
Film
" 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. "
Mel Gibson
Choices
You
Will
" I don't have to be working every moment. Why turn something good into a hard job? It's more special when it's not a daily occurrence. It doesn't cheapen it so much. "
Mel Gibson
Good
Daily
Special
" Feminists don't like me, and I don't like them. "
Mel Gibson
Me
Feminists
Them
" 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. "
Mel Gibson
Lucky
Happiness
Day
" Writing is a hard gig, and it's hard to convey a lot. That's why scripts tend to be a little bit overwritten. "
Mel Gibson
Scripts
Little
Why
" I am politically incorrect, that's true. Political correctness to me is just intellectual terrorism. I find that really scary, and I won't be intimidated into changing my mind. Everyone isn't going to love you all the time. "
Mel Gibson
Time
Love
Political
" 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. "
Mel Gibson
You
Working
Realize
" 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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Time
You
Success
" 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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Amazing
Change
People
" I don't care if I don't act anymore. "
Mel Gibson
Care
Act
Anymore