Top 90 Mel Gibson Quotes (2025 Update)

1. “Every man dies. Not every man truly lives.”

— Mel Gibson

2. “All men die. Only a few ever live.”

— Mel Gibson

3. “I don’t make things complicated, that’s the way they get all by themselves.”

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4. “They think I’m crazy, and maybe I am. But maybe I’m a genius.”

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5. “One should not worry about the future, particularly if it hasn’t happened yet.”

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

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7. “They may take our lives, but they’ll never take our freedom!”

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8. “I’m too rich to care what the critics say.”

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9. “What are you looking at sugar-tits?”

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10. “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.”

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11. “You know what happens when you don’t take a risk? Nothing.”

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12. “The only way to maintain a moderate sum of happiness in this life, is not to worry about the future or regret the past too much.”

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13. “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.”

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14. “Pain is the precursor to change.”

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15. “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.”

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

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17. “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.”

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18. “Go away, dig a hole, do something else, come back and it magically rejuvenates your creative impulses and stuff.”

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19. “I’m always writing. There is always a story brewing in my head.”

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20. “You ask anybody what their number one fear is, and it’s public humiliation. Multiply that on a global scale, and that’s what I’ve been through.”

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21. “My dad taught me my faith, and I believe what he taught me. The man never lied to me in his life.”

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22. “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.”

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23. “I like directing much better. It’s more fun, that’s all there is to it. It’s essentially the same job, which is storytelling, but you have more control over the way you want to tell the story. It’s a high. I love it.”

— Mel Gibson

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24. “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

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

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26. “People like scary stories. There’s a fascination with fear themes, and we want to face those things in a weird, subconscious way.”

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

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

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29. “Hey, I’m for love, not war. How about we have a beer?”

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

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31. “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?”

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

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33. “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.”

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

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35. “Change is always proceeded 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 always tough for me.”

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36. “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.”

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37. “Acting is like lying. The art of lying well. I’m paid to tell elaborate lies.”

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38. “My family means more to me than the artificial trappings of my career. If ever I had to choose between my career and my family, the wife and kids would definitely come out on top.”

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39. “There is no salvation for those outside the Church.”

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40. “I was spiritually bankrupt, and when that happens, it’s like a spiritual cancer afflicts you.”

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41. “I’ll always continue to work. I’ve never much depended on anyone but myself, as far as that goes.”

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

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43. “Feminists don’t like me, and I don’t like them.”

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44. “I do moderate exercise, and I try to eat pretty well, and I think it has an effect on me.”

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45. “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.”

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46. “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.”

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47. “If you’re going to wear three hats. You’d better grow two more heads.”

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48. “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.”

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49. “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.”

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50. “Creating life simply to destroy it is wrong.”

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