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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. "

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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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Amazing

Change

People

" 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 don't think we're crumbling as a civilization, but this is not our finest hour, and it's good to be mindful that we're all susceptible to fall and to look at what are the earmarks of a civilization on the wane. What are they - destruction of the environment? Conspicuous consumption? Heard of those? "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

" I'll always continue to work. I've never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes. "

" 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. "

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

" We're all dying. We're all in the process of oxidizing. Everyone of us is in the process of oxidizing, so to sort of interrupt one aspect of that while everything else goes on, it's a freak show. "

Mel Gibson

Process

Everything

" 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. "

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

Mel Gibson

Traffic

Direction

" Boot Camp was great and very interesting. You got to use live rounds of ammunition and got to do a lot of crawling around with live rounds flying around you, so you really had to learn to keep your ass down - everything down for that matter. "

" 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. "

" I was spiritually bankrupt, and when that happens, it's like a spiritual cancer afflicts you. "

Mel Gibson

Happens

Spiritual

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

" 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. "

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

Mel Gibson

Art

Acting

" 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. "

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

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

Mel Gibson

Feminists

Them

" I don't think the audience always listens to the critics. That's been proven time and time again. "

" 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. "

Mel Gibson

Getting Older

Try

" Marriage is marriage. Everybody has problems. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I don't care if I don't act anymore. "