Mel Gibson Net Worth

Mel Gibson's Quotes

• 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.
• My fears: everything from being afraid that I'm going to run out of cream for my cornflakes right up to someone chopping my privates off.
• On his involvement in Braveheart (1995) as actor, director and producer: "If you're going to wear three hats, you'd better grow two more heads."
• There is no salvation for those outside the Church...I believe it. Put it this way. My wife is a saint. She's a much better person than I am. Honestly. She's like, Episcopalian, Church of England. She prays, she believes in God, she knows Jesus, she believes in that stuff. And it's just not fair if she doesn't make it, she's better than I am. But that is a pronouncement from the chair. I go with it.
• On his religious beliefs: "I'm not a done deal. I'm a work in progress. I'm still extremely flawed."

Interesting Facts about Mel Gibson

1. Ranked #12 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100 Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October 1997]
2. Born at 4:45pm-EST.
3. Chosen by People (USA) magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" in the world. [1996]
4. Educated at University of New South Wales, Australia.
5. Attended drama school with Judy Davis. They played Romeo and Juliet together.
6. Chosen by People magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" in the world. [1991]
7. Chosen by People magazine as one of the "50 Most Beautiful People" in the world. [1990]
8. Trained at NIDA (National Institute of Dramatic Arts). As well as Judy Davis, other fellow students, during his time there, included Colin Friels.
9. Awarded the AO (Officer of the Order of Australia), Australia's highest honor, in mid-1997.
10. Roommates with Geoffrey Rush after college (the National Institute of Dramatic Art) when they were in an acting company (called Jane Street) together that was affiliated with NIDA. Geoffrey Rush trained at La Cocq Mime School in France.
11. He took up acting only because his sister submitted an application behind his back. The night before an audition, he got into a fight, and his face was badly beaten, an accident that won him the role.
12. Older brother of actor Donal Gibson.
13. Chosen by Empire magazine as one of the "100 Sexiest Stars" in film history (#37). [1995]
14. Chosen as People Magazine's first "Sexiest Man Alive." [1985]
15. Like his character Riggs in the Lethal Weapon Movie series he is a big fan of The Three Stooges.
16. First studied drama at the New Zealand Drama School, Toi Whakaari in Wellington, New Zealand. After getting accepted he completed the course and used this as a foot-in into NIDA in Australia in 1975.
17. He and his wife met through a dating service in Australia.
18. Has a horseshoe kidney (two kidneys fused into one).
19. Owns a production company, Icon International, with branches in the USA, Australia, and the UK.
20. Ranked #15 in Premiere's 2003 annual "Power 100" list. Had ranked #17 in 2002.