Academy award winning actor Mel Gibson was born in Peekskill, N.Y on January 3, 1956, and raised from the age of 12 in Australia.

• “I tell you what really turns my toes up: love scenes with 68-year-old men and actresses young enough to be their granddaughter."




• "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."




• "A woman should be home with the children, building that home and making sure there's a secure family atmosphere”




• "I don't think of myself as either American or Australian really, I'm a true hybrid. It's a good thing for me because both of them are really good countries."




• “The Holy Ghost was working through me on this film, and I was just direction traffic."




• ""I want to kill him..I want his intestines on a stick. . . . I want to kill his dog."




• "The L.A. Times, it's an anti-Christian publication, as is the New York Times."




• "During the course of one's life, one is presented with circumstances that could shake it. I don't think I ever lost it. See, basically, I'm too scared. I'm too scared of getting a lightening bolt up my posterior."




• "After drinking alcohol on Thursday night, I did a number of things that were very wrong and for which I am ashamed.....I have battled with the disease of alcoholism for all of my adult life and profoundly regret my horrific relapse. I apologize for any behavior unbecoming of me in my inebriated state and have already taken necessary steps to ensure my return to health"




• "There has to be some kind of order and some moral code. I don't know how people can function withouta belief in a deity"