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. – Mel Gibson
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. – Mel Gibson
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. – Mel Gibson
Writing is a hard gig, and it’s hard to convey a lot. That’s why scripts tend to be a little bit overwritten. – Mel Gibson
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. – Mel Gibson
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. – Mel Gibson
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. – Mel Gibson
I like going in to different styles of acting and exploring stuff I haven’t done before. – Mel Gibson
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. – Mel Gibson
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. – Mel Gibson
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. – Mel Gibson
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. – Mel Gibson
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. – Mel Gibson
I don’t think the audience always listens to the critics. That’s been proven time and time again. – Mel Gibson
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. – Mel Gibson
I’m as vain as the next guy. I have a facade on right now. But you can’t see it, because it’s reality-based. – Mel Gibson
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. – Mel Gibson
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. – Mel Gibson
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. – Mel Gibson
But although Australia was also involved in the Vietnam conflict, I can remember my dad telling us that if we were in Australia, we wouldn’t be drafted until we were 20. – Mel Gibson