actor, film director, producer and screenwriter. Born in Peekskill
, New York, Gibson moved with his parents to Sydney, Australia when he was 12 years old and later studied acting at the Australian National Institute of Dramatic Art
.
After appearing in the Mad Max
and Lethal Weapon
series, Gibson went on to direct and star in the Academy Award-winning Braveheart
.
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.
I'm not Anti-Semitism|anti-Semitic. My Gospels are not anti-Semitic. I've shown it to many Jews and they're like, it's not anti-Semitic. It's interesting that the people who say it's anti-Semitic say that before they saw the film, and they said the same thing after they saw the film.
They take it up the ass. [pointing at his posterior] This is only for taking a shit.
I became an actor despite that. But with this look, who's going to think I'm gay? It would be hard to take me for someone like that. Do I sound like a homosexual? Do I talk like them? Do I move like them?
Hey, I'm for love, not war. How about we have a beer?
The L.A. Times, it's an Anti-Christianity|anti-Christian publication, as is the New York Times.