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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. (Mel Gibson)
I have learned that a bitter experience can make you stronger. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I was spiritually bankrupt, and when that happens, it's like a spiritual cancer afflicts you. View quote
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I'm always writing. There is always a story brewing in my head. View quote
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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. View quote
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People like scary stories. There's a fascination with fear themes, and we want to face those things in a weird, subconscious way. View quote
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I don't care if I don't act anymore. View quote
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I do moderate exercise, and I try to eat pretty well, and I think it has an effect on me. View quote
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I'll tell you what I did need to learn was tolerance, and I think I've been actually given a daily opportunity to practice that, and it's - it's - and I know that that sounds almost like a backhanded slap, and it is in a way because I haven't been successful at it every day. (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. View quote
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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. View quote
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I don't think the audience always listens to the critics. That's been proven time and time again. View quote
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I think digital will displace film, yes. We're talking about digital as a thing of the future, but I'm afraid that it's here. View quote
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I like going in to different styles of acting and exploring stuff I haven't done before. View quote
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The precursors to a civilization that's going under are the same, time and time again. ... What's human sacrifice if not sending guys off to Iraq for no reason? View quote
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Why are they calling her a Nazi? ...Because modern secular Judaism wants to blame the holocaust on the Catholic Church. And it's a lie. And it's revisionism. And they've been working on that one for a while. View quote
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I fully support the efforts of Mr. & Mrs. Schindler to save their daughter, Terri Schiavo, from a cruel starvation. Terri's husband should sign the care of his wife over to her parents so she can be properly cared for. View quote
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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. View quote
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Feminists don't like me, and I don't like them. (Mel Gibson)
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. View quote
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A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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