Mel Gibson Quotes

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.

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.

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

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.

They may take our lives, but they'll never take our freedom!

F**king Jews...the Jews are responsible for all the wars in the world.

They think I'm crazy and maybe I am. But maybe I'm a genius.

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

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.

You know what happens when you don't take a risk? Nothing.

Zionists are the source of destructions, I wish I can fight against them.

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.

A good conspiracy is unprovable. I mean, if you can prove it, it means they screwed up somewhere along the line.

Pain is the precursor to change.

Old habits die hard, I guess. If you dont kick them, they kick you.

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

I’ve never treated anyone badly or in a discriminatory way based on their gender, race, religion or sexuality - period. I don’t blame some people for thinking that though, from the garbage they heard on those leaked tapes, which have been edited. You have to put it all in the proper context of being in an irrationally, heated discussion at the height of a breakdown, trying to get out of a really unhealthy relationship. It’s one terribly, awful moment in time, said to one person, in the span of one day and doesn’t represent what I truly believe or how I’ve treated people my entire life.

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

Aye, fight and you may die. Run, and you'll live…at least a while. And dying in your beds, many years from now, would you be willing' to trade all the days, from this day to that, for one chance, just one chance, to come back here and tell our enemies that they may take our lives, but they'll never take…OUR FREEDOM?!

One should not worry about the future, particularly if it hasn't happened yet.

I got a chiropractor to come along to the Patriot shoot, because they can actually stick you back together within 15 minutes. He spent a week and worked on the entire crew. All the stunt guys were like, 'Oh, fix my disc.' The guy's amazing.

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

If you just read Joseph Campbell, who has written amazing books on mythology and religion, they all do come together at some point. There are some of the greatest stories that there have ever been in the Bible. All you have to do is read the book of Maccabi, it's like a film script.

Women in my family are the center of things. All good things emanate from them. The guys usually mess up.

My hope is that this movie will affect people on a very profound level and reach them with a message of faith, hope, love and forgiveness.

Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.

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

What did one shepherd say to the other shepherd? Let’s get the flock out of here.

What are you looking at sugar-tits?

There is no salvation for those outside the Church.

There is no excuse, nor should there be any tolerance, for anyone who thinks or expresses any kind of anti-Semitic remark. I want to apologise specifically to everyone in the Jewish community for the vitriolic and harmful words that I said to a law enforcement officer the night I was arrested.

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

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

With this look, who's going to think I'm gay? I don't lend myself to that type of confusion. Do I look like a homosexual? Do I talk like them? Do I move like them?

God is the only one who knows how many children we should have, and we should be ready to accept them. One can't decide for oneself who comes into this world and who doesn't. That decision doesn't belong to us.

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

My father told me very early on that it was a sin to worry too much.

The really good thing about using people who are really green is that you don't have to erase a bunch of bad habits and then put good ones in. You can just start feeding them good habits.

The whole notion of politics is they always present you with this or this or this. I’ll get a newspaper to read between the lines. Why do you have to adhere to prescribed formulas that they have and people argue over them and they’re all in a box. And you watch Fox claw CNN, and CNN claw Fox. Sometimes I catch a piece of the news and it seems insanity to me. I quietly support candidates. I’m not out there banging a drum for candidates. But I have supported a candidate and it’s a whole other world.

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.

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.

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.

There are certain things that I will do viscerally to affect people emotionally, with speed changes and sound, and various other things. Sure there are links; the same kind of sensibilities went into it and I worked on writing that script as well so there was an emphasis on a minimalisation of dialogue as far as possible, to focus on the visual and to put it in another language, of course.

Scotland is a great nation, but its horses are very uncomfortable.

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.

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

In India it is believed that all creatures have a purpose.

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.

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'm not apologizing to anyone. I'll apologize when hell freezes over.