Top 35 Mel Gibson Quotes

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

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.

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.

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.

Marriage is marriage. Everybody has problems.

People like scary stories. There’s a fascination with fear themes, and we want to face those things in a weird, subconscious way.

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

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.

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.

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.

I have learned that a bitter experience can make you stronger.

I think everything is pretty well preordained – even your mistakes.

I don’t have to be working every moment. Why turn something good into a hard job? It’s more special when it’s not a daily occurrence. It doesn’t cheapen it so much.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

There has to be some kind of order and some moral code. I don’t know how people can function without a belief in a deity.

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

I could easily not act again. It’s not a problem.

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

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.

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.

My biggest weakness is that I’m excessive. Fortunately for everyone concerned, I’m not as excessive as I used to be.

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.

Feminists don’t like me, and I don’t like them.

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.

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.

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?

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

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.