Mel Gibson
Mel Gibson
Mel Colmcille Gerard Gibson AOis an American actor and filmmaker. Gibson was born in Peekskill, New York, and moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia, when he was 12 years old...
ProfessionMovie Actor
Date of Birth3 January 1956
CityPeekskill, NY
budgets nasty three tiny weeks
It was a cheap, nasty movie that was cranked out in three weeks on a tiny budget.
european indigenous mexico mostly people using
It's set before the Conquest, so there are no European faces, and we are using mostly indigenous people and actors from Mexico City,
amazing change influence people piece powerful work
It's amazing how powerful a piece of work can be and how it can influence people and change. It's pretty interesting.
break factory hollywood realize
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.
built crash explode foundation great kicking movement rooted sort tool
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.
independence chance film
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.
successful opportunity thinking
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.
hilarious sugar
What are you looking at sugar-tits?
nice home dark
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.
clever worry should
One should not worry about the future, particularly if it hasn't happened yet.
secret recipes wonder
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.
nice cake taste
If you're making a cake, you don't just make the cake and have it look nice and have nobody tastes it. But that doesn't take away from your ability to execute what you do as well as you can and to have it be something for many.
numbers scales humiliation
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.
writing years acting
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.