Mel Gibson
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441 appearances
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4 series
first heard Jan 2025
last heard 3 Mar
Mel Gibson’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Yeah, that happens a bit. Yeah. Oh, well. Yeah, there's a perverse nature in our society right now with the law.
It's creation. Yeah. I think it is. It's about creation. And I figure. I'm pretty average at most things, but I'm good at a couple of things. I know how to tell a story on film. I know how to do that. I don't know. That's a weird place to be, but I think a lot can be achieved by art and image, and you can convey a lot without actually having to say it.
You can do things to affect people emotionally or spiritually even without being overt. I always like to reference just a shot
and it's in a Ridley Scott movie and you don't know why it works or why it's effective on some level but it's kind of a profound effective shot and it's that first shot in the Gladiator movie where he's running his hand over the wheat with that music and stuff why does that work? I don't know you can't explain it but it works
He knows how to shoot.
And that's really good. It's a valid pursuit, I think, in storytelling, if you can do that. Every time he goes out there, it's eye candy. It's a feast for the eyes, you know.
Yes.
Sure, entertainment, yeah. And, yes, different goals. And it was—the other thing, too, is it's like we're living in a different time now in the film world. I mean, everything's upside down, and you have to compete in a medium where you have less time, less money. Do it fast. Do it now. And it's like, wow, can I do that? I—
Always had the luxury of like, you know, big budget and 3000 people on horses and all this kind of stuff or, you know, and was able to take my time with stuff. But I had 22 days. And here you got to tell the story in 22 days. So I felt the challenge of being able to do that and being able to make something that. Really got people like they could watch it and enjoy it, you know.
And I'm glad you saw it. I'm glad you liked it. And that's all I want. I just want people to have a nice little ride, a fun ride, entertainment. But, yes, you have different goals with things. I mean, the next thing I'm going to tackle is more profound for me. It's going to take more out of me. This is the resurrection story. Yeah. And I even have to change my entire life to do it. How so? Yeah.
You can't go into a project as profound in nature as that. without somehow preparing yourself for it. It's like preparing for a fight. It's like you have to be fit for the fight. And yeah, so you have to spiritually prepare yourself for that. And that's gonna take some sacrifice. Because I profess this and I profess that. I'm not a great example of Christianity. I'm flawed.
And I make a lot of mistakes, but I have to try and be better somehow in order to go in and make that film. So what does that mean? I think I know what it means, you know.
Well, it was fascinating to watch him work, actually. And most of the time I just like backed away because he was doing something that. And I've seen a lot of people portray Jesus in films. Right. And I never buy it. You can't quite buy it. Something creeps in the color that's not something. Something's not right or discordant.
And some of them are pretty good, but you never quite believe it all the way.
Oh, that was a Scorsese film.
The Last Temptation. That's right.
Which, interestingly enough, I was in a hotel room. in the Savoy and I had food poisoning. I was near dead from, I ate a bad oyster in London and I was dying in a hotel room and I couldn't even leave. It was the worst. I think it was like salmonella or something. And I saw this cord on the side of the bed and I pulled it and all of a sudden a door opened up and a butler like Jeeves came in.
He says, yes, sir. And I'm like, whoa. I said, I'm really sick. I said, what do you think I should eat? Might I suggest some warm consomme and a cup of tea? I said, okay. So this butler took care of me in this hotel. But while I was there, Scorsese calls the room and says, come here, I want to talk to you. So I go in and talk to Martin.
And he's in his room and all the windows, the screens are drawn. He's got 18 different TVs going on at the same time in this dark room. And he's talking to me about The Last Temptation of Christ and he wants me to play Jesus. And I said, whoa, I'm not doing it. And I sort of got out of there. And then I went back to my room and they changed my room. This is really weird.
They had changed my room and moved my stuff. And they told me they were going to do it, but I forgot. So I'm using a key to get into my room, and it won't work. And the door opens up all of a sudden, and it's Keith Richards in his underpants standing there staring through me. And there's a girl in a mink coat walking around it, mink coat and nothing else, walking in the background.
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