Mel Gibson Calls His Life A "Three-Ring Circus"
Posted on Thu May 19th, 2011 11:16am PDT By X17 Staff
Mel Gibson has opened up about his crazy life to Variety. Until now, he had only done one interview since his drama surfaced with ex Oksana Grigorieva.
The actor is currently at Cannes where he has been busy posing shirtless and smoking, but hadn't done any interviews for his film The Beaver, directed by Jodie Foster.
The film reportedly got a standing ovation at Cannes; Gibson's performance has been well-received by critics. “They [the audience] seemed to appreciate and like it," he said. "You could hear people sniffling, so I think they were affected by it.â€Â
Gibson subtly related the film to his own life, saying:
- “It’s about the length that someone will go to to survive. We all go through things that are hard to bear at some point or other, and we have to get through it.â€Â
As for commenting solely on his personal life, Gibson said:
- “About life, oh boy. You don’t want to hear about my three-ring circus.â€Â
Well, he got that right.
- “I got to a place where I thought, ‘I don’t know even know if I want to do this,’ and walked away for a while, and when enough time has elapsed and you’ve gone through some sort of metamorphosis for yourself … when you come back to it it’s kind of interesting again.â€Â
The actor didn't comment on future projects, but did say he wants to get back into directing.
- “I love it. That’s my favorite job. … I’m writing a few things.â€Â