Mel Gibson (Mel Colmcille Gerard Gibson) Quotes
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?
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It's great when a director like Cameron Crowe can take what you do and fit it into what he's doing. If someone's a fan of you already, they can take what you do and make it work for what they're doing. You don't know their vision, and you're thinking, 'How is this guy going to take what I do and make it work in this movie?'
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Wes Anderson deserves an award for sheer persistence of vision.
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It's my private life, and it's not up for grabs.
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Everything is global now. It's not London, it's not Spain, it's not Italy - everything is everywhere. So you have to be everywhere, I guess.
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What's interesting about Stephen Baldwin is that me and Dana Gould were originally cast for 'Bio-Dome' – but Pauly Shore and Baldwin ended up doing it. So there's a little movie trivia for ya.
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In the '70s... there were rock players, and there were jazz players.
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Orrin Hatch was the keynote speaker at the last meeting of the Association of American Editorial Cartoonists. He sought me out because he was a fan. I was thinking he had confused me with someone else.
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The society Shakespeare knew was heading for tremendous change, and he seems to have recognized that and written about it in a coded way. I understand those codes, I think.
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I had those kind of parents where I watched all of these very sophisticated movies: 'Five Easy Pieces', 'One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest.'
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You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
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I think, as far as branching out with acting, it would take something really right on the mark to distract me from music, because music is everything to me.
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I went from being a jock to a hippie. It was a very clear-cut decision. I had to be one or the other. I had to forsake that other aspect of myself. Or thought that I had to, which is regrettable. Quickly, I was back in the pine trees with the hippies, listening to my Jimi Hendrix and my Janis Joplin and turning on, tuning in, and dropping out.
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I love meeting interesting people and doing things with them.
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I believe that blues and jazz are the two uniquely American contributions into music.
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I think that all stereotypes sort of begin with truth. I think that the only problem is if that's the only place that you go.
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It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living.
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I just think with acting, there's not a time limit on it.
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I don't know how often I can discuss one incident in my entire life, but I'll continue to do that.
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Black folks never bungie jump. That's too much like lynching for us. I'm gonna let you tie a rope around me and push me off a bridge? You must be out your damn mind.
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I'm pretty adaptable and can adjust to any environment.
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Too often you see someone fall, break a rib, go in to the doctor and discover a tumor.
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I grew up in a very strong, nuclear family. My father was a sportsman. He represented South Africa in a couple of sports, so he was a very positive person and someone who encouraged you to be your best and give your best with everything that you do.
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The old system, the War on Drugs, was a train wreck.
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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?
