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" 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. "

Mel Gibson

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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 focused on directing, writing and producing. "

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" 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. "

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

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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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I do moderate exercise, and I try to eat pretty well, and I think it has an effect on me. "

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" Life's experiences, whether they be pleasant or unpleasant, torturous or excruciatingly wonderful and blissful, you know, season you somehow and you learn from them. "

" 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. "

" Above all, film is a business... Independence is a really cool thing as you can be a bit more bold, and take a few more chances with what you do. "

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

" 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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" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

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

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

" Marriage is marriage. Everybody has problems. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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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. "

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

" 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. "