Mel Gibson

"The precursors to a civilization that’s going under are the same, time and time again. … Whats human sacrifice if not sending guys off to Iraq for no reason?"

"[On the number of victims in the Holocaust] I mean when the war was over they said it was 12 million. Then it was six. Now it’s four. I mean it’s that kind of numbers game The Second World War killed tens of millions of people. Some of them were Jews in concentration camps. Many people lost their lives. In the Ukraine, several million starved to death between 1932 and 1933. During the last century, 20 million people died in the Soviet Union. Nobody wants to have their name, you know, besmirched on the front of newspapers and people say wicked things about them and their family and call them all sorts of names, accuse them of being anti-Semitic and everything else. I mean that’s not part of my design. I don’t enjoy experiencing that. That’s just coming from some place that I have no control over."

"If youre going to wear three hats, youd better grow two more heads."

"Im not anti-Semitic. My Gospels are not anti-Semitic. Ive shown it to many Jews and theyre like, its not anti-Semitic. Its interesting that the people who say its anti-Semitic say that before they saw the film, and they said the same thing after they saw the film."

"I dont think of myself as either American or Australian really, Im a true hybrid. Its a good thing for me because both of them are really good countries."

"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."

"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, whos going to think Im 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, Im for love, not war. How about we have a beer?"

"The L.A. Times, its an anti-Christian publication, as is the New York Times."

"There is no salvation for those outside the Church [...] I believe it."

"[On criticism of Catherine Emmerich, the 19th century Augustinian nun whose visions greatly influenced Gibsons film The Passion of the Christ] Why are they calling her a Nazi? ... Because modern secular Judaism wants to blame the Holocaust on the Catholic Church. And its a lie. And its revisionism. And theyve been working on that one for a while."