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
audience films focus people silent
The audience will have to focus on the visuals... But they had silent films before talkies arrived, and people went to see them.
age filmmaker odd ridiculous sixteen studying time
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.
careers ghost film
I'm not a preacher and I'm not a pastor. But I really feel my career was leading me to make this. The Holy Ghost was working through me on this film, and I was just directing traffic. I hope the film has the power to evangelize.
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.
ghost film holy
The Holy Ghost was working through me on this film, and I was just direction traffic.
adventure action film
What I'm doing is making an action-adventure film of mythic proportions.
cheapen good hard special turn
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.
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.
Boy, there's nothing more thrilling than a chase. I'd often thought, over the years, that someone should do a whole film where it's nothing but a chase.
among art audiences create diverse faith lasting serious work
to create a lasting work of art and engender serious thought among audiences of diverse faith backgrounds (or none) who have varying familiarity with this story.
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.
pants
If I've still got my pants on in the second scene, I think they've sent me the wrong script.
civilization crumbling finest good mindful
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?
aspect goes interrupt sort
We're all dying. We're all in the process of oxidizing. Everyone of us is in the process of oxidizing, so to sort of interrupt one aspect of that while everything else goes on, it's a freak show.