Mel Gibson segist vera orðinn leiður á því að leika og þreyttur á því að vera Hollywood-stjarna. Hann er einfaldlega búinn að fá nóg af því að vera langt frá fjölskyldu sinni að taka upp langar myndir, td. We Were Soldiers, sem gæti verið hans síðasta mynd.

“Things aren't the same now that I'm 46 as they were when I was in my twenties. I used to do long location shoots, now I don't want to work away from home. When I'm filming, I go home every weekend. Being away from the family is not conducive to a happy life.”

“Filmmaking is what I love now. I don't want to be the ”star“ of a movie anymore, I want to be part of the movie making process from the other side of the camera.”

Hann vill líka halda fjölskyldu sinni saman og passa að börnin sín verði ekki ofdekruð.

“I don't lavish my millions on my children but I don't let them starve either. You have to make sure your children are healthy and they have a roof over their heads and that's it,”

“Beyond that, they have to strive to make things happen. My children understand that. And they also know that I'm not being stingy or mean, I just believe that if they really want something, they have to go out and work for it.

”These days I'm quite happiest staying at home with my children. I quite like being a boring old git."