Mel Gibson

Mel: Although (the Mayan culture) is an integral part of the story, what I am doing is creating an action-adventure of mythic proportions and I am a megalomaniac, so I like the position.

Mel: I tell you what really turns my toes up: love scenes with sixty-eight year old men and actresses young enough to be their grand-daughter.

Mel: There is no salvation for those outside the Church...I believe it. Put it this way. My wife is a saint. She's a much better person than I am. Honestly. She's like, Episcopalian, Church of England. She prays, she believes in God, she knows Jesus, she believes in that stuff. And it's just not fair if she doesn't make it, she's better than I am. But that is a pronouncement from the chair. I go with it.

Mel: (About the "Passion of the Christ") This movie is about Faith, Hope, Love and Forgiveness. Themes that are as important now as they were in Jesus' time.

Mel: (On his religious beliefs) I'm not a done deal. I'm a work in progress. I'm still extremely flawed.

Mel Gibson: My fears: everything from being afraid that I'm going to run out of cream for my cornflakes right up to someone chopping my privates off.

Mel: (on "Apocalypto") I don't understand all the heat. It's less violent than Braveheart, and yet they are calling it blood porn.

Mel: (claiming critics are still punishing him for a drunken, anti-Jewish rant) Get the hell over it. How many people do you know get a DUI (driving under the influence) and are kicked around for six months? It's out of proportion. I'm not saying I wasn't at fault. Hey, we're not perfect, we're all human - get over it. I've apologised, done the right thing, now get the hell over it. I'm a work in progress.

Mel Gibson: If I've still got my pants on in the second scene, I think they've sent me the wrong script.

Mel Gibson: The Passion is a movie meant to inspire not offend. My intention in bringing it to the screen is to create a lasting work of art and engender serious thought among audiences of diverse faith backgrounds.

Mel Gibson: I like directing much better. It's more fun, that's all there is to it. It's essentially the same job, which is storytelling, but you have more control over the way you want to tell the story. It's a high. I love it.

Mel Gibson: You can't live up to what people expect. Nobody can. But I guess that's my problem, not theirs.

Mel Gibson: After about twenty years of marriage, I'm finally starting to scratch the surface of that one [what women want] and I think the answer lies somewhere between conversation and chocolate.

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

Mel Gibson: Feminists don't like me and I don't like them.

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

Mel Gibson: I love women. They're the best thing ever created. If they want to be like men and come down to our level, that's fine.

Mel Gibson: That's like asking you to pick your favorite child... I do however, think Bird on a Wire was one of my finest works. Oscar caliber.

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