Get QuoteDark Inspirational Quotes App

" 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. "

Related Quotes:

" 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

" Writing is a hard gig, and it's hard to convey a lot. That's why scripts tend to be a little bit overwritten. "

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

" 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. "

" Well, I think any time you delve into this sort of religion, politics, as you well know, you're going to, you know, touch a few nerves. I wasn't - now - and this is the honest truth. "

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

Mel Gibson

Happens

Spiritual

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

Mel Gibson

Traffic

Direction

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

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

Mel Gibson

Art

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. "

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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. "

" 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

" 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. "

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

Mel Gibson

Feminists

Them

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

" 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. "

" 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. "

" I like going in to different styles of acting and exploring stuff I haven't done before. "

" 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. "

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

" 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. "